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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:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Warren Johnson, Wilmington, DE (US);
N. John Nagurny, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber attenuator for adjusting the attenuation of a fiber optic cable, including a generally L-shaped housing with a spring clip positioned within the housing. The spring clip is adjustably positioned to change and hold the radius of curvature of a fiber optic cable wrapped around the spring clip. The fiber optic attenuator is fitted with a movable arm mounted to its housing which engages and adjusts the spring clip through a plurality of positions to adjust the position of the spring clip, thereby adjusting the attenuation of the fiber optic cable.
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