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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.