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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. 26, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 250227 ; 350 9620 ; 455612 ;
Abstract
A coupler comprising a photodiode having a central passage and fitted on the end portion of a first optical fiber which is rigidly fixed to a casing, a second optical fiber being rigidly fixed to a sleeve slidably fitted within the casing and having an end-face located at an adjustable distance from an end-face of the first optical fiber and from the photodiode in order to adjust the light-energy extraction rate to a predetermined value, and comprising means for adjusting the spacing between fibers.