Patent ID: 7364335
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Modular optical light line unit for producing a thin, continuous, line of illumination, comprising a light line module housing having a distal face from which said line of illumination emanates, the distal face having a first end edge and a second end edge; a fiber optic bundles formed of a plurality of optic fibers, said bundles each having a proximal end and a distal end, the bundle being fanned out within the light line module housing to terminate in a flat linear array such that the distal end is arrayed as a row of fibers; a ferrule disposed on said housing at a proximal side of said housing and in which the proximal end of said fiber optic bundle is contained; and a snap-fitting solid-state light source module adapted to install upon said ferrule by pushing it in place, and which remains in place until deliberately pulled off, including