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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:
Dec. 18, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur R Tynes, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 156158 ;
Abstract
Accurate simultaneous alignment and splicing of one or more pairs of optical fibers is achieved by the use of a glass coupler sleeve. One or more fiber holding channels are provided by the sleeve, each holding channel having at least one vertex and being configured to slidingly accept the optical fibers. The addition of a longitudinal slot to the coupler provides for the collapse of the coupler around the aligned fibers under predetermined heat and pressure, thereby providing permanent retention without the use of a bonding material.