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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:
Jan. 29, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Chown, Harlow, GB;
John S Leach, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
ITT Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9620 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber coupling element in which a short length of optical fiber is placed in a glass sleeve with one end of the fiber projecting from the sleeve. The glass sleeve is collapsed onto the fiber, and a watch jewel is fitted over the fiber end. The other end of the sleeve is flared to facilitate the insertion into it of a second fiber. The sleeve and jewel are sealed into one end of a ferrule.