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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:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wim Jozef Delbare, Gent-St. Amandsberg, BE;
Jan A Vandewege, Wondelgem, BE;
Assignee:
ALCATEL N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 14 ; 385 25 ;
Abstract
A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board with an optical fiber embedded in a flexible layer of the board. The flexible layer is detachable whereby it may be bent out of the board via an opening in an upper layer thereof to allow coupling of the fiber with an input/output device, e.g., another fiber. In an alternative embodiment the flexible layer extends beyond the edges of the board.