Optical fiber connector tuning index tool
CA 2314745 A1 · Owner: Subh, Naif Taleb · Inventors: Andrews, Scott R.; Mock, Robert Wayne Jr.; Subh, Naif Taleb
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A tuning index tool for use in determining the degree of tuning necessary for a, tunable optical fiber connector has a first stationary member having a connector adapter, affixed thereto and a second movable member within the first member and spring loaded, with respect thereto. The second member has a connector adapter affixed thereto axially, aligned with the adapter in the first member. The movable member is incrementally, rotatable with respect to the stationary member by being pulled against the spring force, to disengage the ferrules of connectors in the adapters which are aligned in , a split, sleeve. rotation changes the orientation of the eccentricity vectors of the two, …
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- Filed July 28, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 28, 2020.
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