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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. 01, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul D. Ludington, Brockport, NY (US);
Joseph R. Bietry, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/318 ; G02B 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/318 ; G02B 3/02 ;
Abstract
A pair of optical lenses comprising a first biconvex optical lens having two equivalent aspheric optical surfaces and a second biconvex optical lens having two equivalent aspheric optical surfaces positioned spaced apart from the first biconvex optical lens, wherein the first optical lens is adapted to shape the light emitted from a source optical fiber into one of a converging, diverging, and collimated beam and the second optical lens is adapted to focus the beam into a receiving optical fiber such that the light emitted from the source optical fiber is coupled into the receiving optical fiber.