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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An optical assembly includes an optical ferrule configured to receive an input light ray through an input location on a major input surface of the optical ferrule along a first direction for coupling to an optical waveguide secured to the optical ferrule, the optical ferrule including a reference location, such that a change in a temperature of the optical assembly causes the input light ray and the input location, but not the reference location, to move respective distances d1 and d2 along a same direction along a same axis, wherein a magnitude of d1-d2 is δ, and a maximum of magnitudes of d1 and d2 is greater than 10 times δ.