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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. 27, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Loring C Chien, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Syntron, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 88 ; 385 89 ; 385 92 ; 385 24 ;
Abstract
A connector for fiber optics provides a means for eliminating a receiver in a redundant communications channel. The connector receives at least two optical fibers in side-by-side contact and positions the optical fibers in close proximity but not abutting contact with a photo detector imbedded in the connector. The connector further provides a method and a system for redundant data communications.