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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. 03, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
William G McKinley, Littleton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385115 ; 385116 ; 385 12 ; 385121 ; 356124 ; 2502272 ;
Abstract
An optical beam regenerator includes a plurality of optical fibers into which an input beam is directed. The optical fibers are positioned to rearrange portions of the input beam to generate an output beam having a uniform or other prescribed distribution of irradiance. To further smooth the irradiance distribution of the output beam, the beam can be directed through a Kohler illumination system.