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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:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359152 ; 359163 ; 359172 ;
Abstract
A universally directionally adjustable optical transceiver. The transceiver comprises a platform for mounting a light emitting diode array and photodiodes. The platform is connected to a mounting ring to provide a first axis of rotation. The mounting ring is connected to a support plate to provide a second axis of rotation. The first and second axis intersect and are mutually perpendicular to provide an omni-directional pointing capability for the transceiver.