Fibre optic cable connector
CA 2190405 C · Owner: Fiber Connections Inc. · Inventors: Laycock, Geoffrey P.; Fingler, Laurence H.; Fingler, L. Scott
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A connector for fibre optic cable includes a housing having a plurality of female connectors therein. A multi-fibre optic cable has an end extending into the housing. Each of the fibres of the multi-fibre optic cable terminate at a respective one of the female connectors. Adhesive encases the fibres of the multi-fibre optic cable within the housing to inhibit movement thereof. A method of forming a multi- connection connector for a multi-fibre optic cable and an adapter for optically coupling a pair of optic fibres are also disclosed.
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- Filed November 15, 1996 and granted October 28, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 15, 2018.
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