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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:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Haake, St. Charles, MO (US);
Vijayakumar R Dhuler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert L Wood, Cary, NC (US);
Assignees:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310307 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic connector is provided that is capable of precisely aligning an optical fiber with another optical element by using a MEMS positioning apparatus subsystem capable of being manufactured in an affordable, repeatable and reliable manner which can precisely microposition an optical fiber relative to another optical element in each of the X, Y and Z directions.