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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:
Aug. 29, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Chown, Harlow, GB;
Assignee:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 350 9618 ;
Abstract
A connector for coupling a plurality of pairs of single optical fibers is disclosed. A pair of optical fiber terminations abut in a V-groove. Each termination comprises a set of more than three cylinders closely packed side-by-side to provide a plurality of interstitial apertures therebetween into which single fibers are individually inserted. Because the two terminations are positioned in the V-groove, the fibers in one termination will be accurately aligned with corresponding fibers in the other termination.