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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank A Chambers, Warrenville, IL (US);
R Gilbert Kaufman, Chicago, IL (US);
Melvin C Schmidt, Lisle, IL (US);
Michael G Ressl, Western Springs, IL (US);
John G Kwasegrock, Algonguin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex Fiber Optics, Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 90 ;
Abstract
An electro-optical signal translator, signal translator design features, methods of fabrication, alignment techniques and alignment apparatus that utilize, with the exception of output optical fiber to transmitter module coupling, passive assembly techniques that are compatible with assembly line operations to produce high performance electro-optical signal translators.