Fiber positioning and connection method and apparatus
CA 1090180 A · Owner: Western Electric Company, Incorporated · Inventors: Hubbard, William M.; Muska, Willis M.
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The present invention relates to a fiber positioner. A fiber receptacle is provided having at least one groove extending from a precision positioning zone of each of the at least one groove to a capture zone of each of at least one groove where each groove is wider than at each precision zone. A unit is provided for holding at least one fiber sot that at least a portion of the length of each of the at least one fiber is respectively laterally exposable to each groove. Each fiber portion is able to be respectively brought together with each groove at each capture zone. The receptacle unit and the holding means have an initial orientation angle relative to one another. A unit is provided for …
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- Granted November 25, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 1997.
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