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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. 27, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig Tombling, Stadhampton, GB;
Stephen James Fasham, Bedfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Kamelian Limited, A Body Corporate, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
Abstract
A method of aligning the end of an array of optical fibers , such as ribbon fiber, with waveguides in an optical device , such as an active semiconductor optical device. The ends of the optical fibers are mounted in grooves in a grooved surface of a first block of a fiber block assembly . A second block is mounted to the grooved surface of the first block with the fibers mounted between the blocks . The grooved surface of the first block extends beyond the second block to form guide surfaces . The optical device is supported on a support surface of a bench having guide surfaces extending from the support surface