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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:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony D Elliman, Grandborough, Nr Rugby, GB;
Martin P McNulty, Long Buckby, GB;
Assignee:
Lumonics Ltd., , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 82 ; 385 78 ;
Abstract
A connector for an optical fibre comprises a body which receives a male connector having a conduit termination and a lens-fibre cell. A rotatable sleeve on the body serves via a slipper to move a first floating ball radially inward to clamp the lens-fibre cell against a V-bar or other support and, simultaneously, to move a plurality of angularly spaced floating balls to axially clamp the conduit termination. A ratchet is provided to avoid disconnection other than in a controlled manner by release of a locking collar.