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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. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Keith Kang, Hollis, NH (US);
John Trezza, Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Keith Kang, Hollis, NH (US);
John Trezza, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Xanoptix, Inc., Merrimack, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/12 (2006.01); G02B 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A long-throw, tight focussing optical coupler has a first passive optical element capable of coupling light between an optical source and an optical destination and a second passive optical element, capable of coupling light between the optical source and the optical destination, located between the first passive optical element and one of the optical source or the optical destination such that, a light beam from the optical source will be transferred to the optical destination when the optical source and optical destination are spaced apart by a distance.