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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:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2014
Applicants:
Christopher E. Cox, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Raleigh L. Cox, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher E. Cox, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Raleigh L. Cox, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G06M 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); G01F 23/44 (2006.01); G01F 23/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/351 (2013.01); G01F 23/446 (2013.01); G01F 23/706 (2013.01); G02B 6/3514 (2013.01); G02B 6/3552 (2013.01); G02B 6/352 (2013.01); G02B 6/3568 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical switch having a housing, and two optical fibers, that can be connected to a light source and a light detector. The optical switch includes a moveable member that moves from a first position to a second position. In the first position, an optical path is present through the two fibers guide using a reflection or emission of light from the glowable member. In the second position, there is no optical path present through the switch.