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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. 01, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1983
Charles S Hale, Sidney, NY (US);
Andrew Matzkin-Bridger, Oneonta, NY (US);
Ronald W Morse, Sidney, NY (US);
Allied Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention described is a hermetically sealed fiber optic connector that may be repeatedly coupled and uncoupled. A fiber optic connector assembly incorporating the principles and features of this invention is characterized by an optically transparent window (3), hermetically sealed (6) within a main housing (1) passage (2), a member (30, 40) mounted on each side of the window (3) having axially aligned bores (31, 41) that axially align lenses (10, 20) and their respective optical fibers (81, 83) and a lens holder assembly (70) mounted within a second housing (50) that may be uncoupled from the main housing (1).