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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2021
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
Alexander Lee Cuno, Sayre, PA (US);
Alan Frank Evans, Beaver Dams, NY (US);
Hailey Perraut, Montour Falls, NY (US);
James Scott Sutherland, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic assembly is provided including a support substrate having a substantially flat surface and a signal-fiber array supported on the support substrate. The signal-fiber array includes a plurality of optical fibers. At least some of the optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers includes a first datum contact disposed between the optical fiber and an adjacent optical fiber and each of the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers includes a second datum contact disposed between each of the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers and the support substrate. A first datum surface is disposed at a top surface of each of the plurality of optical fibers opposite the support surface.