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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Kenneth B. Gilleo, Cranston, RI (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth B. Gilleo, Cranston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Fry's Metals, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Photon-conducting receiving and transmitting media (e.g., optical fibers) are aligned by coupling the receiving medium with a thermokinetic structure, which can include a shape memory alloy. A photon beam is directed from the transmitting medium onto the thermokinetic structure, thereby locally heating the thermokinetic structure. The heated portion of the thermokinetic structure contracts to displace other portions of the structure and the receiving medium, which is coupled therewith, toward the photon beam so as to align the media.