Multiple port, multiple state optical switch

US9042688B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daylight Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Pushkarsky · San Diego, US
• Bradley C. Steele · San Diego, US
• Kyle Jay Laudner · El Cajon, US
• Christopher Edward Hatch · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2012
• Grant date: May 26, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4201
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical switch (16) for alternatively redirecting a source beam (14) includes a director assembly (18) that is selectively moveable between (i) a first switch position (350), (ii) a second switch position (352), and (iii) a dual switch position (354). In the first switch position (350), the source beam (14) passes to a first port (36). In the second switch position (352), the source beam (14) is directed to a second port (38). In the dual switch position (354), the director assembly (18) splits the source beam (14) into a first beam part (314A) that is directed to the first port (36), and a second beam part (314B) that is directed to the second port (38).