Abstract: Described herein are devices that provide projection-type video output in a portable and flexible design. The design includes a projection chamber, a base, and an interface that permits relative positioning between the projection chamber and base. The base maintains the position of the display device. The projection chamber includes components responsible for the production of images based on received video data and components responsible for the projection of those images. Relative pointing between the projection chamber and base allows the projection chamber to be pointed—and an output projected image to be positioned—with minimal effort.

Abstract: A thin, nearly wireless adaptive optical device capable of dynamically modulating the shape of a mirror in real time to compensate for atmospheric distortions and/or variations along an optical material is provided. The device includes an optical layer, a substrate, at least one electronic circuit layer with nearly wireless architecture, an array of actuators, power electronic switches, a reactive force element, and a digital controller. Actuators are aligned so that each axis of expansion and contraction intersects both substrate and reactive force element. Electronics layer with nearly wireless architecture, power electronic switches, and digital controller are provided within a thin-film substrate. The size and weight of the adaptive optical device is solely dominated by the size of the actuator elements rather than by the power distribution system.

Abstract: A method of making a mirror structure includes assembling a supporting isogrid framework, assembling an isogrid back plane, interconnecting the supporting isogrid framework with the isogrid back plane by a truss core, and disposing an optical surface on the supporting isogrid framework.

Abstract: An optical device which generates an optically variable image, the image being optically variable in that it varies according to the position of observation, is manufactured by dividing an optically invariable image into multiple pixels. Color component values are determined for each pixel. For each of the pixels of the optically invariable image, there is determined an associated pixel surface structure which has a three-dimensional surface shape and curvature which is related via a mathematical of computer algorithm to the color component values of the associated pixel in the optically invariable image, each pixel surface structure being an individual reflective or diffractive surface structure which produces an observable optical effect. An assembly of the reflective or diffractive pixel surface structures is produced which when illuminated generates a plurality of observable optical effects which combine to form an optically variable reproduction of the optically invariable image.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward apparatuses, devices, methods, kits, programs, and combinations to disperse and/or project light. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention where a light effect of glowing, diffuse, and projected light is desired, one lens is provided that diffuses light in one section of the lens and is substantially clear in another section to allow substantially all the light to pass through the lens. In other embodiments to obtain the same effect, one or more lenses diffuse light while one or more other lenses are clear to allow substantially all the light to pass through the lens.

Abstract: A backlight unit includes: common electrodes for applying a voltage to opposite ends of a plurality of lamps; a lower member for receiving the common electrodes and positioning the common electrodes at the opposite ends of the lamps; upper members for positioning opposite to the common electrodes, each upper member having air inlet/outlets at opposite sides of the upper members and an unobstructed space between two inner side surfaces of the upper members for allowing a free flow of air between the inlet/outlets.

Abstract: A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the shoulder portion. A power source is supported by the vest and connected to the EL lamp strips to supply electrical energy to the strips so that they emit EL light, wherein the EL light emitted by the EL strip is a safety yellow color, and wherein other portions of the vest are a safety orange color. Further safety articles of clothing and devices are also described.

Abstract: A car flashlight structure, which can be plugged into a car charger, consisting of a cylindrical body, a cap disposed on a front end of the cylindrical body, a casing cover socket joined to the cap and an illumination assembly disposed within the cylindrical body. The illumination assembly is provided with at least one accumulator unit, at least one LED light, and configured with a contact switch. According to the aforementioned structure, the car flashlight can be plugged into a conventional car charger to replenish electric power, and is taken out directly from the charger to use, whereupon the cap is pushed forward to actuate the contact switch and provide an electric current to the LED light of the illumination assembly, thereby furnishing the user with auxiliary illumination.

Abstract: A switch assembly that may be utilized as a tail cap of a lighting device. The switch assembly including at least a depressible switch with a rotatable portion that allows the user to activate distinct functional modes of the lighting device. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, the switch assembly has four channels, providing for at least three different light functions and a locking channel. The different channels are defined by the axial position of the rotatable portion relative to the lighting device body.

Abstract: A surface lighting device including, a surface light source in which light-emitting element groups having three light-emitting elements, which correspond to three primary colors of light, arranged to be continguous with vertexes of a triangle are arranged in a matrix shape; a substrate on which the light-emitting element groups are arranged; and a diffusion plate which is located above the surface light source. the light-emitting element groups are arranged to be deviated every other column or row such that a positional relation among the light-emitting element groups is a delta shape. Additionally, a row interval, a column interval, and an arrangement angle of the light-emitting element groups are adjusted such that, when it is assumed that an average amount of light calculated from a sum of amounts of light of the respective single color light-emitting elements at a center of gravity of the delta shape and a center of gravity of a diamond shape formed by two delta shapes is between 75% and 125%.

Abstract: A traffic light includes a circuit board on which linear arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted in a V-shaped arrangement, an inner cover having a first inner surface facing the LEDs to receive light from the LEDs and an opposite, first outer surface forming elongate prisms inclined with respect to a predetermined axis at a predetermined angle of 65-80 degrees, and a front cover having a second inner surface facing the first outer surface of the inner cover to receive the light from the inner cover, and an opposite, second outer surface through which the light is further projected out of the traffic light. The second inner surface of the front cover forms a honeycomb structure including a plurality of hexagonal lens blocks, each composed of an array of individual lens segments.

Abstract: A reflector device to be utilized with light emitting diodes (LEDs), and particularly with high-flux LEDs. In the reflector structure individual reflector portions surround at least one LED. Light output from each individual LED is reflected by sloping walls of each individual reflector portion and is redirected. As a result, light that may otherwise be lost is redirected to a more useful direction. Each individual reflector portion can have a cross-section of a conic shape, a complicated curve, and can also be oval in shape. A light device is realized by utilizing such a master reflector with an LED light source.

Abstract: A traffic light structure includes an LED light source having a circuit board and multiple LEDs securely mounted on the circuit board, a front cover having a first incidence surface provided with multiple lenses each with rectangular lenses and a first emergence surface and an inner cover sandwiched between the front cover and the LED light source and having a second incidence surface and a second emergence surface provided with columns symmetrically arranged relative to a central axis on the second emergence surface. Light of the LEDs scattered and reflected by the inner cover and the front cover is inclined downward to a horizontal axis of the front cover.

Abstract: A plurality of compact light emitting assemblies is mounted on a frame configured as a heat sink that provides a structural platform and a thermal management component. The frame further ensures proper alignment of the light emitting devices to aim the individual light emitting assemblies in a direction that provides a predetermined overlap of the individual light beams resulting in a uniform, high brightness pattern on a target surface. The source of current connected to the light emitting devices may also be mounted on the frame. The compact light emitting module thus provided is readily adaptable to a variety of compact, high performance lighting product configurations.

Abstract: A beacon light member including a housing configured to be attached to a base member of a beacon light, the base member of the beacon light configured to utilize an incandescent light source. A power supply contained in the housing is configured to electrically connect to a power point in the base member. At least one light emitting diode (LED) light source is contained in the housing. A beacon light including a first base member, a second member, and at least one incandescent light source can also be retrofit. Under the retrofitting method, the at least one incandescent light source is removed, the second member is removed, and the second member is replaced with a beacon light module including at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source.

Abstract: An outside mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes an illuminating unit that includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on a flexible sheet member; a base including a mounting section for mounting the light source; and a lens that divides, with the base, a lamp chamber that contains the light source. The light source is mounted on the mounting section in a curved state or in a bent state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a headlight 1 in particular based on the projection principle. The headlight has a semiconductor light source 4, which is arranged at the focal point of the reflector 2 and is connected to a cooling element 5. This cooling element 5 extends from the semiconductor light source 4 to the transparent lens 3, through which the light that is reflected by the reflector 2 is emitted, passes through the transparent lens 3, and projects beyond it. This arrangement of a semiconductor light source 4, a cooling element 5 and a transparent lens 3 ensures that the light source 4 is cooled effectively. In addition, the arrangement and the form of the cooling element 5 ensure that the cooling element 5 does not shadow, or only slightly shadows, the reflected light. This leads to a high light yield from the headlight 1 according to the invention, and to a long life.

Abstract: A luminaire has a concave reflector with an optical center on an optical main axis in an optical main plane. A screen extends along the optical main axis to a light emission window. The reflector has a first faceted reflector portion at a first side of the optical main plane, the optical center being its focus and the optical main axis being its axis. A second faceted reflector portion is present at a second side of the optical main plane, having a secondary axis passing through and a focus lying in the optical center. The secondary axis is tilted with respect to the main axis through acute angles in the main plane as well as out of the plane. The luminaire produces a screened-off light beam which is horizontally and vertically asymmetrical, which makes the luminaire suitable for an illumination of highways in a counter-traffic direction.

Abstract: A retractable dimmer sleeve comprises sleeve material formed into an elongated enclosed passage having an open end and an interior volume for receiving an elongated light source. The dimmer sleeve enables, during operation of a light source while received within the sleeve, adjustment of a length of a selected portion of the light source that is occluded by the dimmer sleeve so that only a fraction of light emitted by the light source escapes the dimmer sleeve. The apparatus may further comprise an elongated light source at least partially enclosed by the dimmer sleeve. A method comprises: enclosing at least a portion of the light source with the retractable dimmer sleeve; and moving, during operation of the light source while received within the sleeve, an end of the dimmer sleeve along the light source, thereby adjusting a length of the light source that is occluded by the dimmer sleeve.

Abstract: A headband comprises a magnifying lens and a detachable assembly comprising a battery compartment received in a well and including a top recessed member, a ridge in the recessed member, a bottom magnet magnetically connected to the well, and a bottom cover; illumination means including a cavity inside a bottom recess; and connection means including a hollow T-shaped post including a top pivot member, a bottom pivot member having a peripheral groove, and two rounded projections at both sides of the top pivot member for pivotably coupling to the cavity; and a hollow, parallelepiped base including an interior peripheral protrusion matingly coupled to the groove, two opposite side pins pivotably coupled to the recessed member, and a bottom toothed member matingly, pivotably coupled to the ridge. The assembly can be detached by inserting a pointed object into a through hole on the well to disengage the magnet from the well.

Abstract: A vehicle headlight apparatus includes a headlight and an actuator. The actuator horizontally changes a direction of an optical axis of the headlight. The vehicle headlight apparatus detects a rotational state of at least one predetermined wheel. The vehicle headlight apparatus determines whether a vehicle travels in a forward direction or a non-forward direction based on a detection result. A swivel operation, in which the actuator horizontally changes the direction of the optical axis of the headlight based on a steering operation of the vehicle, is performed when the vehicle headlight apparatus determines that the vehicle travels in the forward direction. The swivel operation is cancelled when the vehicle headlight apparatus determines that the vehicle travels in the non-forward direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns vehicle headlights with two light functions, comprising a reflector (10) and a two-filament bulb (14), whose first spiral-wound filament (14?) generates a first light function and whose second spiral-wound filament (14?) generates a second light function, each light function being associated with a region (10?, 10?) of the reflector (10), wherein the second spiral-wound filament (14?) cooperates with a covering cap (18) which shields a portion of the light for the light function associated with this spiral-wound filament, which would otherwise impinge on the region (10?) of the reflector (10) which is associated with the first light function, wherein the second spiral-wound filament (14?) generates a turning and/or curve light and the regions (10?, 10?) of the reflector (10) are separated by a separating line (12) which extends in a segment of the reflector at an angle of between ±0 and 35°, in particular ±15 and 35°, with respect to the vertical line.

Abstract: A main reflector has a main reflection-surface based on an ellipsoid of revolution. A light source is arranged substantially at a first focal-point of the main reflection-surface. A shade arranged substantially at a second focal-point of the main reflection-surface cuts off a part of reflected light from the main reflection-surface to form a predetermined main light-distribution-pattern. A projection lens projects the main light-distribution-pattern ahead of a vehicle. A sub reflector reflects a light from the light source to irradiate the light on outer sides of the main light-distribution-pattern as a predetermined sub-light distribution pattern.

Abstract: The projection lens of a lamp unit is configured as a toroidal lens. The toroidal lens extends in an arcuate profile having a central axis on a plumb line passing through a predetermined point on the optical axis behind the projection lens. Vertical cross sections of the arcuate profile have the same shape. The vertical cross section profile of the rear surface of the projection lens is configured by a rearward tilted straight line. The vertical cross section profile of the front surface of the projection lens is configured by a convex curved surface formed so as to position the rear focus point of the projection lens on the optical axis.

Abstract: To provide a direction indicator of a compact design effective to secure brightness and visibility during the blinking operation of the direction indicator, the direction indicator (9 or 11) includes an indicator body (92) adapted to be mounted on a vehicle body structure (FR), a lens member (93) mounted on the indicator body (92), a light emitter (12) and a reflector (13) positioned inwardly of the lens member (93), the reflector (13) reflecting an illuminating light, emitted from the light emitter (12), towards an intended area. A plane of joint (92b, 93b) between the indicator body (92) and the lens member (93) is inclined relative to a widthwise direction of the vehicle body structure (FR), and the lens member (93) has a laterally outer vertex portion (93a) protruding laterally outwardly from a position of a laterally outer vertex portion (92a) of the indicator body (92).

Abstract: A vehicular lamp used in a vehicle includes a semiconductor light emitting element for producing light, a sealing member formed of a material, through which the light passes, for sealing the semiconductor light emitting element, a fixing member for fixing the semiconductor light emitting element by fitting an apparent position of one side of the semiconductor light emitting element when viewed through the sealing member into a reference position to which the semiconductor light emitting element is to be attached, and an optical member for forming at least a part of a cut line, which determines a boundary between bright and dark of a light distribution pattern of the vehicular lamp, by projecting a shape of the one side of the semiconductor light emitting element out of the vehicular lamp.

Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a set of alternatively provided first and second reflection surfaces that reflect the light emitted by a first and second respective diodes toward a lamp lens. Each of the first and second reflection surface is a part of a rotational paraboloid having a focus on a light emission source of a respective one of the first and second diodes such that the paraboloids corresponding to reflection surfaces that are farther from the their respective diodes have longer focal lengths.

Abstract: A planar waveguide system includes a planar waveguide having a planar surface for emitting light, a back panel opposite the planar surface, and edge sides between the planar surface and the back panel. To reduce light energy losses during delivery of light from the light source to the planar surface, the system uses a transparent dielectric sleeve for holding a light source that is positioned adjacent to an edge side of the planar waveguide to enable light from the light source through the sleeve and incident into the planar waveguide.

Abstract: A backlight module and a flat panel display using the same. The backlight module comprises a light source device and light guide plate adjacent to the light source device. The light source device comprises a high intensity discharge lamp, a reflector having an opening and surrounding the high intensity discharge lamp, and a cover covering the opening. The high intensity discharge lamp radiates so brilliant that it can be a single light source. When single light source is failed, it is convenient to solely exchange a new one at once. The flat panel display comprises the backlight module and a display panel disposed over the light guide plate. The light source device and the light guide plate are applied to the flat panel display so that the replacement of the light source device for the flat panel display becomes convenient.

Abstract: A backlight module (1) includes a light source (92), a light guide plate (80), and a frame (60). The frame contains the light source and the light guide plate. The frame includes a base plate (65) defining a transflective region (651) and a plurality of holes (652) defined in the transflective region. A portion of light beams from the light source is reflected by the transflective region out one main face of the backlight module, and a remainder of the light beams passes through the transflective region to emit from another main face of the backlight module. The backlight module and frame provide a double-sided emitting structure for a double-sided LCD. This avoids the need for an expensive transflector.

Abstract: A material mixing chamber inserted into the bucket of an existing loader or backhoe, which provides the power source for the up and down motion creating gravity flow in the chamber. In said chamber a plurality of unique diffusers are affixed in a symmetrical staggered pattern on the chamber floor in a manner to deflect and blend the materials as they move by gravity. When said materials are thoroughly mixed, the bucket is tilted forward and the materials, moving by gravity, are guided by the funnel shaped section through an opening regulated by a sliding discharge door for precise placement.

Abstract: A high-speed turbine mixer combines water and cement into a pre-mixed cement paste that is added to aggregates to create a concrete mix. The turbine mixer includes a housing that cooperates with an auger to move dry cement into a mixing chamber where water is added. A mixing plate rotates at high speed to break up water and cement into small particles that enhances the hydration of the cement and increases the air content in the resultant cement paste. The cement paste is then conveyed to a mixing auger to be combined with aggregates to create a concrete mix. The mixing plate divides the mixing chamber to force the mixing water and cement particles to pass through a circumferential annular opening past agitating fins. Admixtures can be added to the cement as a powder or to the water as a liquid for incorporation into the cement paste.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method of formulating a batch comprising at least two ingredients. The ingredients are admitted to a container to partially fill it. The quantities of the ingredient in the container are determined, and a ratio of a target quantity to the determined current quantity for at least one ingredient is calculated. The next quantity of that ingredient to be admitted to the admixture is calculated by multiplying the target quantity by the calculated ratio to determine a corrected quantity. The corrected quantity of the ingredient is admitted to the admixture, and a quantity of another ingredient is admitted to the admixture to adjust the proportion of ingredients to the target formulation. These steps may be repeated until the batch is completed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical device with no moving parts that homogeneously mixes two or more liquids or liquids and gases. It is possible with the device to totally saturate liquids with gas droplets of less than one micron. The device comprises an inlet for partially mixed components leading to a plurality of passageways converging axially into a chamber which has radial openings into another chamber defined by a conical member converging in the axial direction and having an opening at its apex to exit the mixed components, the components exiting the radial openings collide with the walls of the conical member producing shear and turbulence and subsequently spinning within the conical member and are then subjected to increased pressure in the axial direction by the converging wall of the conical member.

Abstract: A blending container may include one or more walls and a handle secured to the one or more walls. The blending container may have a generally rectangular shape. The blending container may also include a mixing blade that rotates on an axis. The blending container may be configured so that a vortex created when liquid is blended inside the container is not positioned over the axis. The blending containers may also be configured to stack inside one another.

Abstract: A vertical agricultural mixer employs a pair of vertical mixing augers in combination with a pair of asymmetrical, half pyramid-shaped transfer protrusions adjacently disposed along each opposed sidewall between the augers in a mixing tub. The transfer protrusions are differently shaped with tips which are vertically spaced from each other along a vertical line on each sidewall. The transfer protrusions create a pressure gradient to allow material mixed in the tub to transfer to an adjacent mixing auger more efficiently so that mixing action is optimized and dead mixing spots are prevented.

Abstract: A variable static mixer and system for accommodating variable and different flows in a pipeline so as to produce maximum mixing efficiency including a first mixer mounted in the pipeline and a second mixer mounted in the pipeline at a downstream location wherein the second mixer has a plate with a mixing orifice which plate is adapted to move between non-mixing and mixing positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a watchcase comprising: (a) a lower case characterized by a first annular recess for receiving an optically transparent cylinder and a timepiece support for receiving a timepiece mechanism; (b) an upper case characterized by (i) on the bottom surface thereof, a second upper annular recess for receiving an optically transparent cylinder; (ii) on the upper surface thereof, a track for removably receiving and securing an ornamental top; (c) an optically transparent cylinder placed in said first and second annular recesses and between the lower and upper cases wherein the lower case, upper case and optically transparent cylinder are fixedly connected. The invention also relates to a watch that comprises the watchcase and a cylindrical timepiece, with or without one or more ornamental tops and watch bands.

Abstract: A temperature measurement device may be implemented by coupling a PN-junction, which may be comprised in a diode, to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that comprises an integrator. Different currents may be successively applied to the diode, resulting in different VBE values across the diode. The ?VBE values thus obtained may be successively integrated. Appropriate values for the different currents may be determined based on a set of mathematical equations, each equation relating the VBE value to the temperature of the diode, the current applied to the diode and parasitic series resistance associated with the diode. When the current sources with the appropriate values are sequentially applied to the diode and the resulting diode voltage differences are integrated by the integrator comprised in the ADC, the error in the temperature measurement caused by series resistance is canceled in the ADC, and an accurate temperature reading of the diode is obtained from the output of the ADC.

Abstract: An image sensor (10) for dental intraoral radiography comprises a housing (12), an image receptor (40) and a cable connection dome (32) arranged on a back side (14) of the housing (12). The back side (14) of the housing (12) has a depression (36) at least in the region between the cable connection dome (32) and an anterior side (16) of the housing (12), wherein the depression (36) falls short of reaching the anterior side (16) of the housing (12) such that an elevated region (38) is formed between the depression (36) and at least the anterior side (16) of the housing (12). A positioning device (50) is adapted for positioning an image sensor (10) according to the present invention in the mouth of a patient. The present invention provides an intraoral sensor that enables good patient cooperation, thus making it possible to take high quality dental x-ray images.

Abstract: An imaging assembly is provided comprising an x-ray tube housing having a tube mounting hub and formed from a lightweight material. A rotating gantry assembly includes a gantry mounting surface adapted to engage said tube mounting hub. A plurality of barrel nut fasteners secure the tube mounting hub to the gantry mounting surface while reducing stress in said x-ray tube housing.

Abstract: Systems and methods for alignment in a medical imaging device are provided. An alignment system includes a source of visible light and a reflector. The source of visible light is configured to project a beam of visible light within a field of view of the medical imaging device, and the reflector is configured to direct the projected beam of visible light along a central axis of the medical imaging device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the alignment of a fourth generation Computed Tomography (CT) system is provided. The method includes receiving X-ray scan data from the CT system, and processing the received X-ray scan data to automatically generate alignment correction information to align the CT system.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle device utilizing an externally pressurized gas bearing assembly, in which the center of a pulse disc of a rotary encoder can be adjusted to minimize an unbalance of the weight of the pulse disc and such unbalance can be adjusted easily to minimize fluctuation of the pulse disc during rotation and to achieve a highly precise detection of the rotational position consistent with the resolution of the rotary encoder. The spindle device includes an externally pressurized gas bearing assembly (3) for rotatably supporting a shaft (1), a motor (10) for driving the shaft (1), and a rotary encoder (19) for detecting a rotational position. A pulse disc (16) of the rotary encoder (19) is fixed on a mounting surface (S), arranged in the vicinity of one end of the shaft (1) and lying perpendicular to a central axis of the shaft (1), by a fastening member (17) such as a bolt removably inserted through a fastening member inserting portion (7) provided in the pulse disc (16).

Abstract: A spindle motor is provided comprising a fixed shaft capable of being fastened at either end to the base and cover of the disc drive. The hub which rotates around the disc drive is supported for rotation by a journal bearing and thrust bearing, with the thrust bearing grooved surfaces being defined in gaps immediately adjacent the ends of the journal bearing. A fluid recirculation path is provided through the rotating sleeve connecting the surfaces adjacent the thrust bearings, with the asymmetry which provides the fluid circulation either being inherently present due to tolerances in the bearing and groove design, or specifically provided by asymmetry in the bearing groove pattern. An asymmetric sealing system employs a pumping seal adjacent a radial end of the thrust plate near the base of the housing, and a shorter pumping seal defined adjacent a radial end of the thrust plate distal from the base.

Abstract: A journal bearing system includes a bushing and a journal pin within the bushing. At least one of the bushing and journal pin has an engagement surface with an engagement length comprising a substrate material and a solid lubricant. A concentration of the solid lubricant varies along the engagement length.

Abstract: An oil-feeding device for a crankshaft where the amount of lubricant oil leaking from supporting areas of main journal portions is reduced without increasing friction of bearing members against the main journal portions. The oil-feeding device for a crankshaft includes upper bearing members and lower bearing members. The upper and lower bearing members have a half hollow cylindrical shape, are provided with crush relief portions at both ends, and jointly encompass main journal portions of a crank shaft. The upper bearing members have circumferentially extending oil grooves provided in the faces opposite the main journal portions, the grooves penetrating through oil passages of a cylinder block. The lower bearing members do not have oil grooves. The oil grooves do not extend in the crush relief portions, and therefore the leakage of lubricant oil, fed to the oil grooves, to the areas of the crush relief portions is suppressed.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes: an outer race including an outer raceway surface; an inner race including an inner raceway surface and a larger collar surface which is a concave curved surface; and tapered rollers provided between the outer and inner races, each of the tapered rollers including a tapered surface and a larger end surface which is a convex curved surface communicating with the tapered surface and corresponds to the larger collar surface.

Abstract: A sealed optical fiber connector assembly includes a connector housing that is uniquely configured to cooperate with a cable crimp tail and one or more terminal fiber optic connectors. The connector housing has a first opening for securely retaining the terminal fiber optic connectors. An interior passage connects the first opening to a second opening at the housing's other end. The interior passage allows the crimp tail to pass through the housing. The second opening forms a shoulder so that the crimp tail, after being pushed through the first opening and passage, can be rotated and seated against the shoulder. A cable seal securely holds the crimp tail against the shoulder. This provides a sealed and substantially stronger cable attachment. The connector housing is part of removable optical connector that provides environmental sealing when mated to a corresponding adapter.

Abstract: A device for connecting optical components of a fiber optic probe and a jumper in a Surface Plasmon Resonator (SPR) has two high-pressure-liquid-chromatography (HPLC) polyetheretherketone (PEEK) connectors, one containing the optical fibers from a probe and the other containing optical fibers which link to a detector and a light source. A method of joining a probe's distal end to a jumper, with at least two fibers or a multimode fiber connected to a light source and to a detection apparatus, has the steps of covering the distal end of the probe with a plastic sleeve, placing the sleeved distal end into a PEEK connector, trimming the distal end of the probe to be even with the edge of the PEEK connection, and connecting the PEEK connector with the jumper.