Optical connector mount with six degrees of freedom

摘要

A tube and a pair of optical frames are employed within an optical connector mount to optically couple two or more optical elements. The optical frames are used to mount the optical elements on the optical connector mount, and the tube is adjoined to the optical frames to allow and maintain the optical alignment of the optical elements. The adjoining of a tube to one of the optical frames involves either a seating and locking of a spherical segment of the tube within a tube seat of the optical frame, or a seating and locking of a spherical segment of the optical frame within a frame seat of the tube.