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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. 20, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rocco Bonanni, Wayne, NJ (US);
William J Parzygnat, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Roger E Weiss, Denville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 89 ; 385 76 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for the optical interconnection of circuit packs and components mounted on circuit packs, and a method of manufacture. Optical fibers are bonded to a flexible substrate. The substrate includes tabs that can be terminated by standard V-groove silicon chip connectors for optical connection to the edges of circuit packs.