US 12,169,269 B2
Adapter for an objective lens, device for supporting the adapter and positioning device
Ingo Fahlbusch, Goettingen (DE); Saskia Pergande, Jena (DE); Peter Schnuell, Gleichen (DE); and Daniel Stegmann, Grossschwabhausen (DE)
Assigned to Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena (DE)
Appl. No. 15/733,686
Filed by Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Jena (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201558, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 205 897.0 (DE), filed on Apr. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0011267 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/02 (2013.01) [G02B 21/361 (2013.01); G02B 21/248 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for connection to an objective, the adapter comprising:
a receiving area for receiving the objective,
a plurality of adjusters adjacent to the receiving area; and
at least one holding structure which extends essentially in a plane directed transversely to an objective axis of the objective and having a side surface which is designed to engage at least one corresponding structural element of an adapter receptacle while the adapter is being inserted into the adapter receptacle, the side surface of the at least one holding structure, when engaged, preventing the adapter from already moving in a direction of the objective axis when in an upright orientation and when in an inverted orientation while the adapter is being inserted into the adapter receptacle, and wherein the plurality of adjusters are configured to move the adapter transversely in the plane to align the objective axis of the objective with an optical axis of a microscope system, wherein the adapter further comprises:
a plurality of contacts; and
a plurality of lights electrically connected to the plurality of contacts,
wherein the plurality of contacts and the plurality of lights are arranged in a circular pattern having a center which coincides with the objective axis.