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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Hans W. Bruesselbach, Monte Nido, CA (US);
Monica Minden, Monte Nido, CA (US);
Cris Jones, Malibu, CA (US);
Dave Hammon, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hans W. Bruesselbach, Monte Nido, CA (US);
Monica Minden, Monte Nido, CA (US);
Cris Jones, Malibu, CA (US);
Dave Hammon, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 (2006.01); G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fiber optic apparatus formed by fusing together multiple optical fibers and stretching the fused optical fibers to form a tapered portion. The tapered portion is cleaved or cut and polished to form a facet at which an optical beam is received or transmitted.