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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
James J Snyder, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Sky Research Incorporated, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359819 ; 359710 ; 372101 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a lens assembly having a first cylindrical microlens having a first microlens longitudinal axis. A flat sheet of material having a hole therein is attached to the microlens, with the microlens traversing the hole. The microlens is oriented with the first microlens longitudinal axis being parallel to the flat sheet, such that the microlens can be illuminated through the hole. In a second embodiment, a second microlens is attached on the opposite side of the sheet and is oriented at an angle relative to the first microlens.