Patent ID: 6801688
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A fiber optic collimator comprising:a shuttle plug including a cavity for receiving an optical fiber having an optical fiber tip to emit a light through the shuttle plug; a collimator body having a collimator bore to receive the shuttle plug and constrain the shuttle plug in the collimator bore to be movable in an axial direction along an axis of the collimator bore; and a collimating lens mounted to the collimator body and disposed generally opposite from the optical fiber tip to receive a light beam from the optical fiber tip expanding in size toward the collimating lens, the collimating lens being constrained to be movable in a transverse plane normal to the axial direction, wherein the shuttle plug is configured to be movable in the axial direction to adjust a position of the optical fiber tip with respect to the collimating lens and wherein the collimating lens is configured to be movable in the transverse plane to align the collimating lens with respect to the optical fiber tip.