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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:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin T Monroe, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert N Weber, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 76 ;
Abstract
A strain relief (9) for right angle coupling of a fiber optic cable (2) with a connector (1) comprises, a generally tubular length of flexible material provided with a cylindrical axial bore (18) sized for receiving the fiber optic cable (2), and formed with narrow openings (24), an imposing tongue (27) in each of the openings (24) and a complementary groove (29) across the opening (26), whereby upon bending of the tubular length, tongues (27) lodge in the grooves (29).