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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2004
David Martin Fenwick, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Richard John Luebs, Windsor, CO (US);
Terrel L. Morris, Garland, TX (US);
Duane A. Wegher, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey D. Yetter, Loveland, CO (US);
David Martin Fenwick, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Richard John Luebs, Windsor, CO (US);
Terrel L. Morris, Garland, TX (US);
Duane A. Wegher, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey D. Yetter, Loveland, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a fiber assembly is provided. The fiber assembly has a first fiber having at least one core. The core has a length, a first end, and a second end, and light may be transmitted along the core. The second end has an obtusely angled end surface. The assembly also has a second fiber having at least one core having a first end. Light may be transmitted along the core. The second end of the first fiber is optically coupled to the first end of the second fiber such that light emitted from the first fiber may be transmitted to the second fiber.