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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:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1983
Terry D Mathis, Lilburn, GA (US);
Calvin M Miller, Lilburn, GA (US);
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The optical fiber connector comprises two right circular drawn glass capillary cylinders, means for maintaining the cylinders in substantially fixed relative radial relation, and means for maintaining the cylinders in substantially fixed relative axial relation. The invention has a multiplicity of embodiments, including connectors functioning as variable attenuators, as fiber-to-fiber switches and connectors comprising an in-line filtering element. Connectors according to the invention can have very low insertion loss, are easily field-installed, can be easily and inexpensively manufactured, and are useful for single mode as well as for multimode fiber applications.