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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:
Mar. 06, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1976
Allen H Cherin, Doraville, GA (US);
Anthony Osborne, Duluth, GA (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Two groups of optical communications fibers are optically joined within a single cartridge that receives and abuts two optical fiber ribbon end arrays. A two-piece connector consisting of a substrate with fiber-receiving grooves and a mating cover houses the fibers. In turn two such connectors are contained within the cartridge, either in a tight fit requiring no retaining means or a loose fit requiring set screws to retain the two connectors in abutting relation. Variations of the basic hardware provide both a rearrangeable splice and a permanent splice. Several cartridges may be housed in a fixture to accommodate the several layers of a multi-layer optical fiber ribbon cable.