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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. 03, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert G Knowles, Litchfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Watertown, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9620 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic connector includes a ferrule which receives the end of a fiber optic cable. The optic fiber of the cable is located in an axial bore in the terminal face of the ferrule, and an annular central portion defined by a groove which surrounds the axial bore is radially inwardly pinched to position the optic fiber in the center of the terminal face.