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Electro-optic device assembly having integral heat sink/retention means

  • US 5,032,898 A
  • Filed: 12/07/1981
  • Issued: 07/16/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electro-optic device assembly, comprising:

  • an elongate thermally-conductive member of malleable material having end portions extending substantially normal thereto;

    opto-electrical assembly means including means for transferring thermal energy affixed substantially orthogonally to said thermally-conductive member, electrical lead means secured to an outer surface of said thermal energy transfer means, opto-electrically active device means electrically connected to said electrical lead means;

    a length of optical waveguide having one end affixed to an active area of said opto-electrically active device means;

    ferrule means having an outer profiled surface and a longitudinal passageway therethrough, said passageway having a large rearward portion in which said opto-electrical assembly means is disposed and a smaller forward portion along which said optical waveguide extends; and

    housing means having a profiled cavity in which said outer profiled surface of said ferrule means is disposed and engaging means engaged by respective end portions securing said thermally-conductive member to said housing means.

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