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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:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1993
John D Gentzke, Ogden, NY (US);
Roger S Kerr, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A laser diode assembly comprising a laser diode mounted on a support member in an enclosure member having an electrical connector in the form of a card edge connector rigidly attached to the assembly and extending through a wall of the enclosure member. The connector comprises a substantially rigid planar insulator portion having a plurality of electrical conductors formed on at least one surface thereof with at least a portion of the conductors connected to the laser diode inside of the enclosure member with the connector being arranged to mate with a card edge socket. The support member includes a pair of support and alignment ribs on opposite edges which slideably engage mating members to align and support the assembly.