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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:
Jul. 04, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tushar S Chande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9618 ; 350 9610 ; 350 9615 ; 350 9620 ; 350474 ; 2191216 ; 21912161 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber output coupler for application to a power laser beam transmitting optical fiber is disclosed. The output coupler includes lenses for expanding the fiber delivered beam in order to enable minimization of the diameter of a focussed spot provided by a focussing lens of the coupler.