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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Malcolm H Hodge, West Simsbury, CT (US);
James A Moras, Simsbury, CT (US);
Richard T Dillon, Southwick, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ensign-Bickford Optics Co., Avon, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 350 9616 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber coupler and method of making same wherein a tap optical fiber free end is adjacent to and facing the unclad region in an intermediate portion of the length of a bus optical fiber at an angle permitting lightwave communication therebetween. A junction medium, preferably a cured resin, encapsulates the tap fiber free end and the bus fiber unclad region to provide a path for the lightwave communication.