ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,135, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkochen, Germany).
"Joint guiding of movable optical elements" was invented by Dirk Dobermann (Weimar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide component for joint guidance of at least two optical elements that are movable in relation to one another is described. The guide component comprises at least two separate planar sliding guide surfaces arranged with a fixed spatial alignment relative to one another, a first sliding guide surface comprising a first surface normal and being configured to rest against and slidingly guide a first optical element in relation to a seco...