Patent ID: 9435966
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G02B,H05K,Y02P,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An optical assembly, comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB); a frame made of a plastic material disposed on a surface of the PCB, the frame having a generally planar shape, an interior region, and a continuous perimeter with a flat surface extending in a plane around the interior region; at least one opto-electronic device mounted on the surface of the PCB within the interior region of the frame; and a lens device made of a plastic material, the lens device having a body portion and a fiber port portion, the fiber port portion being adapted to couple with an end of an optical fiber, the body portion being fused to the frame in alignment with the opto-electronic device, the body portion having an optics system disposed therein for coupling light between the end of the optical fiber and the opto-electronic device, the optic system comprising a reflector and a lens, a weld seam existing between the flat surface of the frame and a flat base of the body portion where the plastic material of the flat base of the body portion and the plastic material of the frame are fused together, the flat base of the body portion of the lens device contacting the flat surface of the frame, wherein contact between the flat base of the body portion of the lens device and the flat surface of the frame does not restrict planar movement of the lens device with respect to the frame absent the weld seam.