US 5,852,697 AGranted

Combination light source and connector

OwnerRonald R. Williams, Leonard Scrivoinventors

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Abstract

A combination light source and connector includes a housing having a front, a light-tube module and a connector. The light-tube module includes a body with a cavity, a reflector which is disposed within the cavity, a lamp which is disposed within the cavity, a focusing lens which is disposed within the cavity and optically aligned with the reflector and the lamp. The connector includes a socket which is coupled to the front of the housing and has a threaded bore, a plug which has a bore which receives the optical fiber and is adapted to be coupled to the socket, and a heat sink which has a disc-shaped portion with a bore which receives the optical fiber and a threaded stem portion with a bore which receives the optical fiber. The disc-shaped portion of the heat sink is slidably coupled within the cavity of the body of the light-tube module and disposed adjacent to the socket. The threaded stem portion of the heat-sink is threadedly coupled in the threaded bore of the socket.

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Dependent claims

A combination light source and optical connector comprising:

a. a housing having a front wall;
b. a light-tube module including:
i. a body with a cavity;
ii. a reflector disposed within said cavity;
iii. a lamp disposed within said cavity;
and
iv. a focusing lens disposed within said cavity, said focusing lens optically coupled to said lamp and said reflector;
and
c. a connector including:
i. a socket coupled to said front of said housing, said socket having a threaded bore;
ii. a plug adapted to be coupled to said socket, said plug having a bore for receiving an optical fiber;
and
iii. a heat sink having a disc-shaped portion having a bore for receiving said optical fiber and a threaded stem portion having a bore for receiving said optical fiber, said disc-shaped portion of said heat sink being slidably coupled within said cavity of said body of said light-tube module and disposed adjacent to said socket and said threaded stem portion of said heat-sink being threadedly coupled in said threaded bore of said socket whereby said optical fiber is optically coupled to and axially aligned with said focusing lens of said light-tube module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.