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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. 10, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Patterson, Georgetown, TX (US);
Gordon Wiegand, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 99 ;
Abstract
A splice member for splicing ends of optical fibers is provided with clips to restrict torsional stress from being applied to the ends of the cables held in the splice element. A tool is used to secure the splicing member onto the cables and it operates to sequentially actuate the splicing element to grip and align the fiber ends and actuates the clamps onto the fiber to restrict the torsional stress on the fiber ends.