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patent · US7403680

Reflective light coupler

22 July 2008

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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.

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Abstract

An illumination system has individual light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are optically coupled via reflective couplers to respective optical fibers. The respective optical fibers may then be bundled. The shape of the reflective coupler may be selected to increase the coupling efficiency between the LED and its optical fiber. The reflective coupler may be formed as an aperture through a sheet, having a first shape at the input side and a second shape, different form the first s...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2003-12-02
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2008-07-22
Inventors
John J. Simbal; 3M Innovative Properties Co