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Optical probe having an inner tube with separable tube sections to house optical elements

US9195044B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. · US

Inventors

Dennis H. Lemieux · Oviedo, US
David W. Fox · Oviedo, US
James P. Williams · Carefree, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2013
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B23/2476
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical probe (10) including one or more optical elements (32), and an inner tube (30) to house the optical elements. The inner tube may be made up of at least two cooperating inner tube sections (34, 36) separable from one another along a longitudinal axis of the inner tube.

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