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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:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Epworth, Bishops Stortford, GB;
John S Leach, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
International Standard Electric Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ;
Abstract
A spiral spring strip for coupling a pair of optical fibers which may be terminated with ferrules. The spring loop diameter is reduced by tension so as to grip the ferrules. Several spirals may be employed to form a multiway connector.