Patent ID: 11957804
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  F

Claim 13:
14. A UV-C lighting system comprising:
a laser package comprising a first laser diode configured to emit UV-C laser light;
first and second side-emitting optical fibers, each side-emitting fiber comprising a first end section terminating at a first end face, a second end section terminating at a second end face configured to receive UV-C light, and a side configured to side emit UV-C light received by either of the first and second end faces;
a first terminus surrounding the first end section of the first side-emitting optical fiber;
a second terminus surrounding the second end section of the second side-emitting optical fiber;
a window; and
a housing having a first channel in which the first terminus is seated, a second channel in which the second terminus is seated, a third channel in which the laser package is seated, a fourth channel in which the window is seated, and a central space which is intersected by the first through fourth channels,
wherein the first and second channels are mutually coaxial along a first axis, the third and fourth channels are mutually coaxial along a second axis, the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis, and the first laser diode is disposed in the central space;
wherein the first laser diode is configured to emit first UV-C laser light in one direction and second UV-C laser light in an opposite direction; and
wherein the first end face of the first side-emitting optical fiber is disposed to receive UV-C laser light emitted in the one direction by the first laser diode and the second end face of the second side-emitting optical fiber is disposed to receive UV-C laser light emitted in the opposite direction by the first laser diode.