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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/32 ; H04B 1/004 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ; G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/32 ; H04B 1/004 ;
Abstract
A collimator array includes a plurality of collimators. Each collimator includes a lens and an optical fiber optically coupled to the lens. The lens is arranged so that its optical axis is parallel to one another. In each collimator, a core axis of the optical fiber is positioned relative to the optical axis of the lens so that an optical beam is emitted from a predetermined position at a predetermined angle.