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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Thomas Ohnstein, Roseville, MN (US);
Daniel Youngner, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mary Salit, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeff A. Ridley, Shorewood, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for design, fabrication, and use of an optical bench, as well as alignment and attachment of optical fibers are described herein. One apparatus includes an apparatus body, a first channel within the apparatus body for positioning of a first optical fiber directed along a first axis and a second channel within the apparatus body for positioning of a second optical fiber directed along a second axis, wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the second axis. The apparatus also includes a third optical fiber directed along the second axis and an optical element positioned along the first channel and second channel to focus a first light beam from the first optical fiber along the first axis and focus a second light beam from the second optical fiber along the second axis.