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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:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip C Longhurst, Bunbury, GB;
Assignee:
BICC Public Limited, London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 88 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber connector-part comprises a housing in which an optical conductor extends between two oppositely disposed ends of the housing, at least one of which ends constitutes a plug or a socket. An integrated optical chip is disposed within the housing and constitutes a part of the optical conductor. Preferably, the housing is a molded plastics body and the integrated optical chip is at least partially encapsulated in the molded plastics material. The connector-part provides for ready reconfiguration of modularized optical systems.