1985-02-20
1988-02-23
LaRoche, Eugene R.
350 9621, G02B 636, G02B 638
Patent
active
047266465
ABSTRACT:
An optical switch for opening and shutting a light path comprising a housing, a shutter movably supported in the housing for shutting off and transmitting incident light, and a drive mechanism supported in the housing for displacing the shutter. The optical switch has two connector sockets provided in the housing, and a first and a second optical fiber. One end of the first optical fiber faces one end of the second optical fiber with a predetermined distance between them and the other ends of these optical fibers are fitted respectively in the connector sockets. The shutter is disposed between the facing ends of the optical fibers. In another aspect, the housing includes at least one pair of fiber holding sections for holding the end portions of at least one pair of optical fibers so that they face each other with a predetermined distance between them, and the shutter is movably supported between the fiber holding sections in each pair of the fiber holding sections.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4376566 (1983-03-01), Blackington
Ariga Sadakazu
Sakamoto Ayako
Suzuki Mituyosi
Tanaka Yoshiyasu
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
LaRoche Eugene R.
Mottola Steven J.
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