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

Claim 7:
8. A UV-C lighting system comprising:
a laser package comprising a UV-C laser light source configured to emit first UV-C laser light in one direction and second UV-C laser light in an opposite direction;
a side-emitting optical fiber having a first end section that terminates at a first end face which is disposed to receive UV-C laser light emitted in the one direction by the UV-C laser light source and a second end section that terminates at a second end face which is disposed to receive UV-C laser light emitted in the opposite direction by the UV-C laser light source;
a first terminus surrounding the first end section of the side-emitting optical fiber;
a second terminus surrounding the second end section of the 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 UV-C laser light source is disposed in the central space.