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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick B Gilliland, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott C Erickson, Bartlett, IL (US);
Daniel S Poplawski, Montgomery, IL (US);
Luis Torres, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Donald Rimdzius, Addison, IL (US);
Leonid Shatskin, Wheaton, IL (US);
Roger Weiss, Foxborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 93 ; 385 88 ; 385 92 ;
Abstract
An optical package is provided having a diode mounted to a substrate enclosed by a housing which includes a bore for receiving an optical waveguide and a focusing element adjacent the bore. The bore and focusing element are aligned along a common optical axis. An alignment means is associated with the housing for aligning the substrate along the optical axis.