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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:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
George R Antell, Saffron Walden, GB;
Assignee:
International Standard Electric Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 350 9616 ; 350 9620 ;
Abstract
A fibre optic switch is constructed by having two flat springs each of which carries optical fibres which end at one edge of the spring. The two spring ends are close to each other and at 90.degree., so that by suitable positioning of the springs any fibre on one spring can be coupled to any fibre on the other spring.