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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:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Zhencan Frank Fan, Macungie, PA (US);
Hong-Tai Man, Bernards Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
Arlen R. Martin, Maidencreek Township, Berks County, PA (US);
Steven L. Moyer, Spring Township, Berks County, PA (US);
Mary J. Nadeau, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Steven P. O'Neill, Allentown, PA (US);
John William Osenbach, Kutztown, PA (US);
Edward A. Pitman, Grantville, PA (US);
Renyi Yang, Goleta, CA (US);
Craig A. Young, Nazareth, PA (US);
Tri Quint Technology Holding Co., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, a multimode optical fiber communication system is provided with offset illumination by disposing an optical pinhole adjacent an end of the multimode fiber core and offset from the center of the core. The pinhole permits direct offset illumination without the difficulty and expense of a conventional patch-cord assembly.