US PATENT SUBCLASS 385 / 115
OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE

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115OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE {3}
116  DF  .~> Imaging (i.e., with coherent fiber structure and includes shaping, enhancing, and correcting) {2}
120  DF  .~> Fiber bundle plate
121  DF  .~> Transition between geometric shapes

DEFINITION

Classification: 385/115

OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein an assemblage of individual optical fibers are placed adjacent one another to guide light collectively.

(1) Note. Nonimaging optical fiber bundles are used primarily for illumination, ornamentation, and display. Optical fiber bundles are rarely used in data transmission.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

100+, for an optical transmission cable which provides protection to the fibers therein.

123+, for an optical fiber waveguide with cladding, per se.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,

546, 547 for illuminated signs using optical fiber bundles. 340, Communications: Electrical,

815.42+, for visual indicators utilizing light piping (i.e., optical fiber bundles).

362, Illumination,

32, for illumination utilizing optical fibers.