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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark J Badcock, Essex Fells, NJ (US);
John Philip Franey, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Robert D Yadvish, Bayonne, NJ (US);
Michael A. Zimmerman, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murrray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
An opto-electric apparatus includes a circuit board, an opto-electric converter module with a plurality of electrical leads, a holder rigidly holding the opto-electric converter module, and a connection structure. The holder is rigidly fixed to the circuit board, and the connection structure is rigidly connected to the holder. The leads of the module protrude into holes in the structure. The structure electrically connects the circuit board to the leads.