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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffery P Wilde, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph E Davis, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Jerry E Hurst, Jr, San Jose, CA (US);
John F Heanue, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeff Drazan, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Incorporated, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 15 ; 385 31 ; 385 32 ; 385 16 ; 385-6 ;
Abstract
An optical system and method for selective transmission of light between a source of light and a set of storage disks along an optical path that includes at least one individual optical fiber. In an optical system and method that uses a magneto-optical storage medium, single-mode polarization maintaining optical fibers and a compensator may be included. Alternatively, the optical system and method may include an optical switch.