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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. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Georg Schroeder, Grosse Ile., MI (US);
John Pelino, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic connector for connecting fiber optic light cables together includes a light housing for connection to a first fiber optic light cable and a coupling for connection to a second fiber optic light cable. The coupling includes a cage having a spring for locking the light housing to the coupling to connect the first fiber optic light cable and second fiber optic light cable together into a single light source.