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Illumination assembly

US5331357A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 31, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C7/088
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An illumination assembly includes a lens housing having a first end and a second end, a first lens having first and second opposing surfaces with the first lens being disposed in a first end of the lens housing. A cane having a first a second surfaces is disposed in the lens housing with the first surface of the cane being spaced a predetermined distance from a first surface of the lens and wherein the second surface of the cane is polished and disposed against a first polished surface of a fiber optic bundle.

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