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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fred Georg Schroeder, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
John Pelino, Clinton Township, MI (US);
William Ince, Novi, 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 a fiber optic light cable to a light source includes a light source housing for connection to a light source and a coupling for connection to a fiber optic light cable. The coupling includes a cage having a spring for locking the light source housing to the coupling to connect the fiber optic light cable to the light source housing, thereby allowing light from the light source to be efficiently coupled into the fiber optic light cable.