Patent ID: 7033086

Claim:
A device for coupling light into an optical conductor having a light receiving surface onto which light can be projected, the device comprising: an optical light element for generating the light, said optical light element containing: a light-guiding body functioning as a housing having a luminous surface, said luminous surface having a coupling region corresponding directly to the light receiving surface of the optical conductor and being free of additional optical elements; a reflector disposed in said housing, said reflector having a base rim in an immediate vicinity of said luminous surface and a reflecting surface for focusing the light onto at least one of said coupling region of said luminous surface of said housing and the light receiving surface of the optical conductor; a luminous chip formed of photoelectric material disposed in said reflector, said photoelectric material generating the light; and electric terminals for supplying power and disposed in said housing, one of said terminals being formed on a side opposite from said reflector and the other of said terminals being connected to said reflector by a bond wire running through a gap formed between said base rim and said luminous surface.