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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard P. Wilson, Hudson, WI (US);
Souksamay Chounlamontry, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic switch package and method of assembling the same with improved protection of the fibers and simple assembly. The package redirects or bends optical fibers of a 2×2 or 1×2 MEMS optical switch in the package so that instead of exiting the package from four ends, the fibers exit the package from two ends. By exiting the package from two ends, real estate on a printed circuit board is conserved and packages can be located closer to other packages on a printed circuit board.