US 12,326,611 B2
Adjusting device
Thomas Bocher, Karlsruhe (DE); Lukas Rau, Waldbronn (DE); Tomas Navratil, Karlsruhe (DE); Michael Ernst, Straubenhardt (DE); Axel Grabowski, Rutesheim (DE); and Matthias Schulz, Waldbronn (DE)
Assigned to PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) SE & CO. KG, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/785,949
Filed by PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) SE & CO. KG, Karlsruhe (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085260
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122215, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 220 429.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013386 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 7/08 (2021.01); G01B 21/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 35/00 (2006.01); H02K 49/10 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 7/08 (2013.01) [G01B 21/00 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/627 (2013.01); H01R 35/00 (2013.01); H02K 49/108 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjusting device for positioning an object, the adjusting device comprising:
a base which is configured to move an object that is connectable to the base in a connected state along a path of motion in a position-controlled manner; and
a supply line for conveying energy and/or signal transmission to and/or from the base,
wherein the supply line is coupled to the base in a reversibly detachable manner,
wherein the object is a lens; and
the base comprises:
a drive unit that is configured to receive the lens and to move the lens along the path of motion; and
a position sensor that is configured to detect the position of the lens along the path of motion,
wherein the path of motion runs along a direction of focus of the lens.