US 12,359,966 B2
Mirror clip
Dirk Wohlers, Bremen (DE); and Jan Rathkamp, Bremen (DE)
Assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, Bremen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/629,765
Filed by THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (BREMEN) GMBH, Bremen (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071462
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/018991, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1910921 (GB), filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364916 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); H05H 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01J 3/021 (2013.01) [G01J 3/0202 (2013.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01); G02B 7/1821 (2013.01); H05H 1/30 (2013.01); H05H 2240/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mirror clip for securely and removably positioning and attaching a mirror to an optical mirror housing, the mirror clip comprising:
a body comprising a mirror seating portion that is adapted to receive at least one mirror;
at least one hinge member, for positioning and attaching the mirror clip onto an optical mirror housing; and
at least one clamping member, for securing the mirror clip to the optical mirror housing;
wherein the body comprises at least one positioning protrusion that defines the mirror seating portion of the body.