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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Brian J. Fujimori, Torrance, CA (US);
Andrew J. Bristol, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Thomas B. Mader, San Jose, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical transition device provides a connection between two fiber structures. The device comprises a first transition body having a first transition body bore therethrough, a first fiber connector connected to the first transition body and having a first connector bore therethrough, a second transition body affixed to the first transition body and having a second transition body bore therethrough, and a second fiber connector connected to the second transition body and having a second connector bore therethrough. The first connector bore, the first transition body bore, the second transition body bore, and the second connector bore are coaxial along a transition axis. A graded-index lens is disposed within the transition body bores with an optical axis of the lens coincident with the transition axis. An axial positioning structure positions the graded-index lens axially along the transition axis.