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Patent No.:

US 10139571 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2016

Optical connector

Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);

Terry L. Smith, Roseville, MN (US);

Barry J. Koch, Florence, TX (US);

Ding Wang, Austin, TX (US);

Alexander R. Mathews, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:

Robert S. Moshrefzadeh

Primary Examiner:

Peter Radkowski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/383 (2013.01); G02B 6/389 (2013.01); G02B 6/3829 (2013.01); G02B 6/3861 (2013.01); G02B 6/3869 (2013.01); G02B 6/3881 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/40 (2013.01); G02B 6/3897 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connector is disclosed that includes a light coupling unit designed to receive light from an input side of the light coupling unit and transmit the received light to a mating connector from an output side of the light coupling unit along a direction different than the mating direction of the connector. The light coupling unit rotates when the connector mates with the mating connector.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Haase, Michael. (2018). Optical connector (U.S. Patent No. 10139571). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10139571

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