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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:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shawn A Hall, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Ramon Lane, Crompond, NY (US);
Han-chung Wang, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 89 ; 385147 ; 385 90 ;
Abstract
A method for aligning a substantially co-linear array of lasers with a substantially co-linear array of optical fibers, comprising the steps of activating a laser in proximity to a first end of said laser array, positioning the laser array with respect to the fiber array to maximize energy coupled from the activated laser to its corresponding fiber, activating a laser in proximity to a second end of said laser array; and positioning the laser array with respect to the fiber array to maximize energy coupled from the activated laser to its corresponding fiber.