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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:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald G Bossard, St. Paul, MN (US);
Roger H Keith, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 76 ; 385 95 ; 385135 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber termination module for use in terminating having an end wall and a splice magazine, a connector supported on said end wall, one plug of which has a short optical fiber extending therefrom straight to a splice supported in the magazine, and the support having a flucrum to afford tilting of the support intermediate its ends to afford movement of the end wall to a position away from the end wall of other modules to allow easy access to the connector for attaching a distribution plug.