Patent ID: 9726837
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04B

Claim:
1. A method of operating a light pipe connector to transmit light between a light source and a light detector, the method comprising: optically coupling, to the light source, a first optically transmissive connector section the light pipe connector, the first optically transmissive connector section having a first surface and a first optically reflective surface orthogonal to the first surface; optically coupling, to the light detector, a second optically transmissive connector section of the light pipe connector; inserting a protrusion of the first optically transmissive connector section into a receptacle of the second optically transmissive connector section, the protrusion having a second surface opposite to and in a planar orientation to the first surface, the protrusion further having a second optically reflective surface orthogonal to the second surface, the receptacle having a third surface that, when the protrusion is inserted into the receptacle, is adjacent to and in a planar orientation to the second surface, the second optically transmissive connector section further having a third optically reflective surface in an orthogonal orientation to the third surface, the second optically transmissive connector section further having a fourth surface in a planar orientation to and opposite to the third surface; transmitting, using the light source, light through the first surface of the light pipe connector; guiding, using the first, the second, and the third optically reflective surfaces, the transmitted light from the first surface to the second surface of the light pipe connector; and receiving, using the light detector, through the second surface of the light pipe connector, the transmitted light.