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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
J. D. Harvey, Trophy CLub, TX (US);
Assignee:
CCS Holdings, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A clip (,) is disclosed for mounting a optical fiber coupler (,) in a panel (,) of a device such as a horizontal coupler module (,). The clip (,) is formed of resilient spring steel and has first and second tabs (,) with a portion (,) extending away from the sides (,) of the clip and a second portion (,) which extends toward the sides. The clip (,) allows the clip and coupler (,) to be inserted from the front side (,) of the panel (,) and removed from the front side for inspection, testing and cleaning.