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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas A Lee, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jack P Blomgren, Red Wing, MN (US);
Gordon D Henson, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Michael A Meis, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 70 ; 385 72 ;
Abstract
A connector for coaxial interconnection of optical fibers includes an elastically deformable housing having regions with differing geometries and elastic properties. The geometries and elastic properties in the housing regions are adapted to retain against a channeled mount optical fiber components with widely varying diameters and a wide range of tolerances.