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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:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew P Riser, Capistrano Beach, CA (US);
Ronald F Mathis, Ramona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Remote Source Lighting International, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 33 ; 385 31 ; 385 39 ; 385 47 ; 385147 ; 385901 ; 362 32 ;
Abstract
The inventive system, which is used in transmitting illumination from a central source to a variety of remote locations, efficiently couples the light originating from a lamp, or similar source, into a multiplicity of flexible macroscopic light guides. The combination of the several elements of the inventive system results in a very efficient transfer of the energy of the light source to the light guides. Light from the lamp is fed to four or more ports, with each port having one or more flexible macroscopic light guides connected thereto.