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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas Parker, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
G & H Technology, Inc., Camarillo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 60 ; 385 78 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber socket terminus (28) has a fiber tip (30) received within a tip holder (32) that is welded (41) to a socket tube (36) slidingly received within a socket shoulder (44). A coil spring (38) extends about socket tube (36) between tip holder (32) and shoulder 44. Stop 49 is welded to end portion of tube (36) providing limit to shoulder (44) movement. Pin terminus (10) has a fiber tip (18) that is received within alignment bushing (60) along with the socket tip (30) to achieve proper end relation of the optical fibers.