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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:
Apr. 03, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph L Then, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Optical Systems, Rockville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 350 9618 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a hermaphroditic fiber optic connector having provision for an automatic protective covering for the fiber optic for covering the end at any time that the connector is demated. In one embodiment the connector provides precise positioning of parallel disposed fiber end surfaces with the angle of the end surface being preferably greater than the sum of the Brewster Angle and the Numerical Aperture (NA) of the fiber to assure reflectionless high efficiency transmission.