Module for a non-reflective fiber optic display screen

Details Module for a non-reflective fiber optic display screen Module for a non-reflective fiber optic display screen

1993-12-17

1995-03-21

Gonzalez, Frank

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 15, 385 31, 385 39, 385 77, 385115, 385147, 385901, G02B 604

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ABSTRACT:
A module for a display screen that includes a plurality of evenly spaced fiber optic light sources along the face of a matrix block having a non-reflecting face. The face of the block has a plurality of generally right conical projections. An optical fiber extends substantially axially through each projection with the fiber end projecting beyond the apex. Slant height lines of the conical projections are curved, so that the sides of the projections are slightly concave or convex, to scatter incident light toward adjacent projections where the light is absorbed. Typically the bases of the conical projections can be hexagonal, with the edges of the block shaped so that a plurality of blocks can be aligned to produce an array of blocks with the projections substantially uniformly spaced across the array. In order to increase the sideways spread of light emitted by the optical fiber ends, the fiber ends are grooved.

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