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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. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Harold Young Walker, Jr., Plano, TX (US);
James Kenneth Guenter, Garland, TX (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A versatile optical sensor method and assembly ( ) is disclosed, providing cost-effective and readily adaptable optical sensor packaging while minimizing product variance, and comprising an integrally molded or single foundation piece ( ) formed with a light source housing ( ), a lens alignment feature ( ) surrounding the light source housing, a mounting alignment feature ( ), a sensor housing ( ), and a barrier feature ( ), further comprising a light source member ( ) mounted to the foundation piece within the light source housing, a single lens member ( ) enclosing the light source member and formed to engage with the lens alignment feature, and a detector member ( ) mounted to the foundation piece within the sensor housing.