Optical-path turning device
US8272788B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3883
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical-path turning device is interposed between paired first and second optical components of pin-fitting alignment system that have their optical paths mutually different in direction, for an optic coupling between the optical components, and has a device body 16 of a block shape. The device body 16 includes a first connector portion 11 that has a set of fitting pinholes 11a oriented in correspondence to a set of fitting pinholes of the first optical component, and a connection end face 11b butt-connected with a connection end face of the first optical component, and a second connector portion 12 that has a set of fitting pinholes 12a oriented in correspondence to a set of fitting pinholes of the second optical component, and a connection end face 12b butt-connected with a connection end face of the second optical component, and further includes a set of optical fibers (as optical waveguides) 14 extending from the connection end face 11b of the first connector portion 11 through a flexural portion 14b to the connection end face 12b of the second connector portion 12.
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