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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1998
Daniel Lee Stephenson, Lilburn, GA (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An attenuator element for use between two optical fiber connector ferrules comprising an optical member having an outer periphery, a neck portion connected to the outer periphery of the optical member, a head portion connected to the neck portion, and a severable grip having a substantially planar body portion and a wedge portion attached to the body portion. The attenuator element can be manually manipulated by grasping the grip and placing the optical member in an appropriate apparatus at which point the grip can be manually broken off of the attenuator element. Typically, the grip is used to place the optical member of the attenuator element in a ferrule sleeve of a buildout system.