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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:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Permanova Laser System AB, Ostersund, SE;
Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 31 ; 385 38 ; 385 34 ; 385140 ; 385126 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber cable for high power laser radiation transmission comprises a fiber having a core and a surrounding cladding, a rod provided at at least one of contact ends of the core and fused to an end surface of the core the rod having larger diameter than that of the core, and a reflector provided at this end of the fiber, the rod being designed to conduct rays entering outside the fiber towards an area where they can be absorbed without causing any damage, to conduct rays not linked into the fiber towards the reflector.