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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:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lauren F Calaby, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
David A Cooper, Loganton, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9620 ;
Abstract
A 2.times.2 optical switch employes a six-faced prism which can be moved from a first position to a second position. Mechanical latching means are used to maintain the second position without the necessity of applying continuous power to the moving means which preferably is a solenoid.