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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:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sergio E Rodriguez, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350418 ;
Abstract
A gas lens 10 for lensing a light beam 12. A first gas is injected through orifices 18-18.sup.n into enclosure 16 thereby forming a row of jets 14-14.sup.n. A second gas having a different index of refractivity than the first gas also is contained within the enclosure 16 in the form of a mantle 24 surrounding each jet 14-14.sup.n. The light beam 12 is lensed (either convergently or divergently) as it passes through the jet/mantle interfaces.