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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. 14, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward L Lewis, Maidstone, GB;
Assignee:
Elliott Brothers (London) Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; C03B / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 / ; 65 5 / ; 350 9622 ;
Abstract
A method of terminating an optical fiber cable wherein an annular deformable member (1) is compressed inwardly onto a cable (7) threaded through it by causing an encircling cincture (3) exhibiting `memory` properties to try to return to a remembered shape and size.