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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:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Gabor Devenyi, Penetang, CA;
Brien Ross, Wyevale, CA;
James Whitty, Midland, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/00 ; G02B027/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber system includes an optical fiber light transmission system having a light path therethrough, and a filter module positioned to controllably place light filters into the light path of the optical fiber light transmission system. The filter module includes a movable support on which light filters are mounted, and a drive mechanism operably connected to the movable support to controllably move the at least one light filter into and out of the light path. The drive mechanism is operated to move the light filters into or out of the light path.