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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/368 (2013.01); G02B 6/3881 (2013.01); G02B 6/403 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical cable subassembly includes a plurality of optical fibers; at least one light coupling unit with a coupling unit attachment area configured to receive and hold a free end of each optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers at a coupling unit pitch; and a cable retainer adapted to be installed in a housing and having a retainer attachment area with a plurality of spaced-apart retainer fiber alignment features arranged at a retainer pitch, each of the plurality of optical fibers disposed in and attached to one of the plurality of retainer fiber alignment features.