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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:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jorg Hehmann, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 89 ; 385 88 ; 385 83 ; 385 52 ;
Abstract
A device for coupling optical fibers to a laser array comprises a flat plate (1) with a number of V-grooves (7) and a cover (2) with a number of V-shaped grooves (8), the plate (1) and the cover (2) being fitted and adjusted to each other in such a way that the grooves (7, 8) form channels with a rhombic cross section. In these channels of such a device, pointed optical waveguides (4) may be pushed to a stop (9, 10), and may then be automatically adjusted to a laser array (3) that may be arranged on the plate (1) or cover.