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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:
Aug. 12, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles K Kao, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ;
Abstract
A first optical fiber end is precisely aligned in the interstice between a plurality of relatively equal diameter cylindrical rods. The rods are of disparate lengths and the fiber as located in the interstice has its tip accurately aligned with respect to a reference surface of one of the rods. The alignment of the fiber in this manner permits a similar rod arrangement to interlock with the above described structure to enable a similarly supported fiber to be accurately positioned with respect to the first fiber due to the interlocking of the respective rod assemblies.