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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. 22, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Waldron, Poplar Grove, IL (US);
Malcolm H. Hodge, Chicago, IL (US);
Wenzong Chen, Naperville, IL (US);
Dean A. Richardson, Wilmette, IL (US);
Jannick Armand, Ettlingen, DE;
Michael J. Gardner, Geneva, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3853 (2013.01); G02B 6/381 (2013.01); G02B 6/3823 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); G02B 6/3865 (2013.01); G02B 6/3887 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fiber assembly comprises an optical fiber having a forward end, a ferrule supporting the optical fiber, a beam expanding element aligned with the forward end of the optical fiber, and a thermal expansion compensation element adjacent the optical fiber to compensate for thermal expansion differences between the optical fiber and the ferrule.