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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:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
James T Hartley, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385135 ;
Abstract
The excess length of optical fiber (31) in an optical fiber harness assembly (10) is accommodated by a doughnut-shaped accumulation chamber (17) in which the fiber (31) is coiled with one or more turns, the chamber being proportioned so that all of the excess length of fiber (31) may be accommodated when there is no tension on the conduit (13) of the harness (10), and when the conduit (13) is stretched under tension the fiber (31) will be bent to a radius no less than that at which the fiber will be damaged or the signal transmitted attenuated unduly.