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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. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
Abstract
An optical connector includes slide pins and , held for movement in a direction of an axis of the optical connector , and a proximity switch whose conducting state can be switched in response to the movement of the slide pins. Only when the optical connector is properly connected to an optical receptacle , the proximity switch is turned into the conducting state.