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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:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
May. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl F Buhrer, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9620 ; 350 9615 ;
Abstract
An electro-mechanical optical fiber rotary switch provides for latched reconnection of two optical paths among four optical fiber ports of a 2.times.2 switching array. A right isosceles triangular optical prism is used in the switch, the prism being rotated 90.degree. in either direction to change the switch position.