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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Bing Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David F. Arnone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bing Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David F. Arnone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bookham Technology plc, Northamptonshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fiber clamp () for clamping an optical fiber () includes a first clamp section () and a second clamp section () that flexibly urges the optical fiber () against the first clamp section (). The second clamp section () can include a retainer housing () and a pair of spaced apart flexible members () that extend from the retainer housing (). The flexible members () flexibly urge the optical fiber () against the first clamp section (). A fastener assembly () can be used to urge the clamp sections () () directly together.