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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:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
When a plug is to be fitted to a first connector from one side and a plug is to be fitted to a second connector from the other side of an optical coupling device, the first connector and the second connector shift in an X direction to ease stresses working on an internal optical fiber. Therefore, stresses working on the optical fiber can be eased without having to extend a length of the internal fiber, and accordingly it is made possible to reduce an overall size of the optical coupling device.