Fiber optic coupler
CA 1287763 C · Owner: Hodge, Malcolm H. · Inventors: Moras, James A.; Dillon, Richard T.; Hodge, Malcolm H.
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An optical fiber coupler and method of making same wherein a tap optical fiber free end is adjacent to and facing the unclad region in an intermediate portion of the length of a bus optical fiber at an angle permitting lightwave communication therebetween. A junction medium preferably a, cured resin, encapsulates the tap fiber free end and the bus fiber unclad region to provide a path for the lightwave communication.
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- Granted August 20, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 20, 2008.
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