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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. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Simon Meadowcroft, Stowmarket, GB;
Inventor:
Simon Meadowcroft, Stowmarket, GB;
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Ptd. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical assembly for use in an optical telecommunications system and method for aligning the optical assembly. The assembly uses a pair of ball bearings to support an optical fibre on a baseplate. The optical fibre is aligned with respect to an optical device and then the first ball bearing is inserted and welded in place. The fibre alignment is then fine tuned and the second ball bearing is inserted and welded in place, thereby providing a simpler and more accurate method of aligning an optical fibre to an optical device.