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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Stone Cook, Rumson, NJ (US);
Carl Ragnar Sandahl, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ;
Abstract
A hermaphrodite optical fiber connector includes a housing containing a plurality of inner rods and a plurality of outer rods. The inner rods are held in tangential contact with each other forming an aperture for receiving a fiber. An end of the fiber held in the aperture and ends of the inner rods terminate in a planar surface perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber. The outer rods are secured between the inner rods and the housing and extend past the planar surface, protecting the end of the fiber from damage.