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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:
Oct. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
George John Shevchuk, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A connector for an optical fiber includes a fiber holder for positionally aligning and retaining the end of the optical fiber and a clamp for selectively clamping the optical fiber against movement in and relative to the connector. The connector is insertable into a coupler for optically coupling the optical fiber with another optical fiber held in the connector or with an optical device.