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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:
Jun. 06, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1988
Thomas J Poorman, Houston, TX (US);
Josephine Lopez, McAllen, TX (US);
Christine L Behrens, Rosenburg, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
The expanded-beam fiber, fiber-optic connector assembly includes a body having a longitudinal bore for receiving an aligning sleeve therein which has an axial hole for receiving a strand of optical fiber. The optical fiber may be surrounded by a stress member which is firmly anchored by a crimping sleeve to the exterior of the body. The optical fiber extending through the aligning sleeve is cleaved to within 0.020 inch of the end of the sleeve that slideably receives a ferrule containing a self focusing microlens in one end. The aligning sleeve mates with the ferrule such that the end of the optical fiber is axially aligned and in contact with the microlens. Two such connectors may be coupled together by an aligning ferrule such that the microlenses of each are no more than one quarter of an inch apart.