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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. 27, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Kaiser, Hemmingen, DE;
Assignee:
ITT Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 308201 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic connector is disclosed capable of joining in proper alignment the uncentered ends of two optical fibers mounted in ferrules. Each ferrule is rotatably supported inside an eccentric bore of a connector sleeve by means of a rotatable cage whose balls or rollers have different diameters. The two cylindrical connector sleeves are capable of being mated in a connector receptacle with the optical fibers therein adjusted to exact lateral alignment.