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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:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Rick Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kevin Thorson, Eagan, MN (US);
Ryan Nelson, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Inventors:
Rick Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kevin Thorson, Eagan, MN (US);
Ryan Nelson, Clear Lake, IA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical connector having alignment members for aligning with a connector on two mutually perpendicular axis with the optical connector including a displaceable block carrying optical fibers therein that is spatially positionable along a third axis to provide optical communication through the optical connector even though the optical connector may not have continuous optical fibers extending therethrough.