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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:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Stack, Amherst, NH (US);
Roger Dugas, Chester, NH (US);
Assignee:
Xanoptix, Inc., Merrimack, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ; G02B 6/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ; G02B 6/22 ;
Abstract
An optical device has a mating piece constructed to accept and mate with a commercially available optical connector, an optical module, and a spacer located between the mating piece and the optical module, the spacer maintaining the mating piece and the optical module in alignment relative to each other in at least the Z direction and one other direction.