System and method for holding an optical rod
AssigneeExcelitas Technologies LED Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRobert Olma, Kenneth Rietveld, Jamie Swayne
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Abstract
A system for holding an optical rod, contains an optical mount having a hole traversing throughout a body of the optical mount, wherein the optical mount is a c-shaped collar clamp. The system also contains an optical rod having a circumferential area and a split sleeve encompassing the optical rod circumferential area for at least a portion of the axial length of the optical rod. The split sleeve and optical rod are inserted within the optical mount hole, and the split sleeve contains an inner surface and an outer surface, where material of the split sleeve does not conform intimately with the optical rod so as to maintain total internal reflection conditions.
Claims14
A system for holding an optical rod, comprising:
- an optical mount having a hole traversing throughout a body of the optical mount, wherein the optical mount is a c-shaped collar clamp;
- an optical rod having a circumferential area;
- and
- a split sleeve encompassing the optical rod circumferential area for at least a portion of the axial length of the optical rod,
- wherein the split sleeve and optical rod are inserted within the optical mount hole, and
- wherein the split sleeve contains an inner surface and an outer surface, where material of the split sleeve does not conform intimately with the optical rod so as to maintain total internal reflection conditions.
A system for holding an optical rod, comprising:
- an optical mount having a hole traversing throughout a body of the optical mount, wherein an inner surface of the hole contains at least one radial protrusion, wherein the optical mount is a c-shaped collar clamp;
- and
- an optical rod having a circumferential area,
- wherein the optical mount makes minimal direct contact with the optical rod so as to minimize light transmission losses associated with light traversing the optical rod.
A system for holding an optical rod, comprising:
- an optical mount having a hole traversing throughout a body of the optical mount, wherein an inner surface of the hole contains multiple inner diameter protrusions resembling an extruded shape spanning an axial length of the inner surface of the hole, wherein the optical mount is a c-shaped collar clamp;
- and
- an optical rod having a circumferential area,
- wherein the optical mount makes minimal direct contact with the optical rod so as to minimize light transmission losses associated with light traversing the optical rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.