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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. 20, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Charles Yeandle, Devon, GB;
Andrew Cornish, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Bookham Technology Plc, Oxfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 49 ;
Abstract
Attachment of an optical fibre (22) to a planar substrate (17) having a major face and an edge surface (14) perpendicular to the major face, the optical fibre (22) being positioned in a groove (18) provided in the major face of the substrate (17) and extending over the edge of the substrate, a mechanical restraint (24) such as a transparent apertured disc being affixed to the edge surface (19) of the substrate, e.g. by a light-cured adhesive (17) to resist movement of the optical fibre (22) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the major face.