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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:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Samuel P. Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert T. Weverka, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard S. Roth, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Samuel P. Weaver, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert T. Weverka, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard S. Roth, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
PTS Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 626 ; H04J 1400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical routing apparatus that allows flexible and effective routing of optical signals between input and output ports is provided. The apparatus makes use of one or more linearly actuated mirrors, with different routing configurations of the optical signals resulting from different mirror positions. For each such mirror, the linear actuation is may be performed along an axis that is either parallel or perpendicular to the mirror surface.