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An optical slip ring assembly couples an optic signal from a rotating source to a stationary detector. The rotor of the optical slip ring comprises a rotor optic fiber having a first end coupled with the optic signal source and a second end portion having one side adapted to form a light-emitting ar

An optical slip ring assembly couples an optic signal from a rotating source to a stationary detector. The rotor of the optical slip ring comprises a rotor optic fiber having a first end coupled with the optic signal source and a second end portion having one side adapted to form a light-emitting area of a selected length. The stator comprises a plurality of stator fibers each having a first pickup end and a stator block for mounting the fiber pickup ends in a radially symmetric array opposite the light emitting area of the rotor whereby an optic signal transmitted from the source through the rotor fiber is picked up by the stator fibers.

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An optical slip ring assembly for coupling an optic signal from a rotor source to a stator detector, the assembly comprising: a rotor optic fiber having a first end for coupling with the optic signal source and a second end portion having one side progressively removed so that both the width and the

An optical slip ring assembly for coupling an optic signal from a rotor source to a stator detector, the assembly comprising: a rotor optic fiber having a first end for coupling with the optic signal source and a second end portion having one side progressively removed so that both the width and the depth of the removed area increases along the length of the fiber to form a light-emitting area of a selected length, cylindrical rotor means having a circular groove means for mounting said fiber second end portion therein so that said light-emitting area faces radially outwardly, a plurality of stator fibers each having a first pickup end, said pickup ends being grouped into a radial symmetric array of selectively inwardly directed multistrand fiber blocks which collectively comprise a pickup area, stator means for mounting said fiber pickup ends in said radially symmetric, selectively inwardly directed array concentrically about said circular groove means defining said pickup area so that said light-emitting area rotates concentrically therein whereby an optic signal transmitted from the source through the rotor fiber is picked up by said stator fibers, and each said stator fiber having a second end grouped in a collective bundle for coupling the optic signal picked up by said stator fibers to the stator detector.