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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:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Wade F. M. Zhang, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Wade F. M. Zhang, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Cinch Connectivity Solutions, Inc., Bannockburn, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/3853 (2013.01);
Abstract
The expanded beam, fiber optic connector includes an optical fiber, and a ferrule. The optical fiber includes a modified mode field diameter segment. The ferrule includes a recess. The optical fiber is retained by the ferrule. The modified mode field diameter segment is positioned in the recess of the ferrule.