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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. 30, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven J Maas, Simi Valley, CA (US);
A Douglas Meyer, West Hills, CA (US);
John F Cappi, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385139 ;
Abstract
A wet end termination for a towed cable. An elongated cylindrical structure includes a bellows surface that is extendable under towing force. The cylindrical structure includes opposed tapered ends, the rear ends encapsulated the region of splice between the optical fiber conductor of the cable and the optical circuit of the towed array.