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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Chien Cheng Chen, Tu-Chen, TW;
Kun-tsan Wu, Tu-Chen, TW;
Chien Cheng Chen, Tu-Chen, TW;
Kun-Tsan Wu, Tu-Chen, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An optical switch () includes a housing (), an input port (), an output port (), a switching element (), a holder (), and a driver (). The holder holds the input and output ports in alignment with one another and is assembled with the switching element. The switching element includes an optical component assembly () and a rotating mechanism (). The optical component assembly is fixed on the rotating mechanism and is brought to move between a top stopper () (an upward position), wherein the optical component assembly is out of optical paths running between the input port and the output port, and a bottom stopper () (a downward position), wherein the optical component assembly is in the optical paths. The optical component assembly includes a prism (), which redirects optical paths passing through it, thereby effecting switching between the input and output ports.