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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:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tushar S Chande, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Angel L Ortiz, Jr, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912162 ; 21912175 ; 21912178 ; 21912183 ; 350 9618 ; 350480 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic coupling device for coupling two optical fibers transmitting a high power laser beam is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device comprises a first lens to collimate the beam delivered by one of the optical fibers and a second lens to focus that collimated beam onto the end of the other fiber for injection therein and continued transmission of the power laser beam through the second fiber.