Optical cable joints
CA 2062850 A1 · Owner: Bicc Public Limited Company · Inventors: Dalgoutte, David
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A preformed component for use in effecting an optical connection between optical fibres of optical cables comprises a housing in which optical conductors are so disposed that opposite end parts of each conductor protrude from the housing at an acute angle to one another lying in the range 0° to 90°; preferably the end parts protrude in substantially the same direction. At least each of the protruding parts of each optical conductor consists of an optical fibre which can be spliced to one of two optical fibres to be optically connected. The preformed component and the protected optical fibre splices can be disposed in a cassette in such a way that the splices are spaced from the preformed …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 12, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 12, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 12, 2014.
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