Patent ID: 6409397
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A surface-mounted, fiber-optic component, comprising:a mounting platform having a recess formed therein, a first side and a second side with a planar surface; a device having electrical connections and selected from the group consisting of transmitters and receivers, said device fixed on said first side of said mounting platform; a beam deflection device mounted on said second side of said mounting platform, said beam deflection device having: a first assembly being a right-angled bracket having limbs, a right angled region with a surface running obliquely between said limbs, and a deflection mirror being disposed on said surface; and a second assembly with a fiber holding device, said fiber holding device having a side surface, two main surfaces including a first main surface and a second main surface opposite and parallel to one another, a bushing and an optical fiber routed in said bushing parallel to said main surfaces as far as said side surface, said first main surface of said fiber holding device mounted on said planar surface of said mounting platform; one of said limbs of said first assembly having an inner surface resting on said second main surface of said fiber holding device such that said deflection mirror faces said side surface of said fiber holding device; another of said limbs of said first assembly having an inner surface resting at right angles on said planar surface of said mounting platform such that said first assembly can be moved on said planar surface of said mounting platform during an assembly process, and is fixed in a desired position on said planar surface; said first assembly and said second assembly can be adjusted relative to one another and fixed in a desired position during an assembly process; and a mounting frame for housing said mounting platform and having external connecting pins and electrical bushings through which said electrical connections of said device are connected to said external connecting pins of said mounting frame.