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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Charles Linsday Bates, Iii, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles Linsday Bates, III, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-contained fiber optic cartridge () includes a body () with a bore () that receives a fiber optic cable () and which is then bonded by epoxy () to the cable, with the body then installed in a passage () of a frame (). The body has a rear part that forms fingers () with flanges () that are inwardly compressed during rearward (R) insertion and then spring out to abut a rearwardly-facing shoulder () of the frame, to prevent the body from falling forwardly (F) out of the frame.