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Portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber

US9481129B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

32Claims

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Assignees

COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US
CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA · BE

Inventors

Danny Willy August Verheyden · Gelrode, BE
David Donald Erdman · Hummelstown, US
Michael Gurreri · York, US
Randall Bobby Paul · Elizabethville, US
Jan Watte · Grimbergen, BE
Robert Charles Flaig · Lancaster, US
Alan E. Plotts · Harrisburg, US
Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen · Harrisburg, US
Shelly Anne Buchter · East Berlin, US
Jan Vandenbroeck · Aarschot, BE
Patrick Billet · Dilbeek, BE
Stefano BERI · Zaventem, BE
André Johannes Maria Hilderink · Haaksbergen, NL
Hernes Jacobs · Eindhoven, NL
Petrus Theodorus Rutgers · Hengelo, NL
Petrus Theodorus Krechting · Enschede, NL
Martijn Johannes Wolbers · Hengelo, NL
Walter Mattheus · Kessel-Lo, BE
Cristian-Radu Radulescu · Liège, BE
Paul Vits · Tielt-Winge, BE
Karel Johannes Van Assenbergh · Epe, NL
Pieter Cornelis Johan De Jager · Wierden, NL
Henk Jan Theodoor Van Der Pol · Hengelo, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2012
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/17
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.

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