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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:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an improved adapter for end-to-end abutting and connecting the ferrules of confronting optical cables. It uses resilient means which cooperates with the collars of the ferrules to cause the confronting ferrules to abut on each other as a counter action of the stretching or compressing of the resilient means, thus assuring that the confronting optical cables be put in good connection. The adapter is appropriate for mounting on a printed circuit board, and is simple in structure, small in size and less expensive.