AN OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR HAVING AN APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING THE CENTER OF AN OPTICAL FIBER ALONG A PREDETERMINED REFERENCE AXIS - Patent 0601127

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EP 0 601 127 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	15.06.1994 Bulletin 1994/24

(21)	Application number: 92921246.0

(22)	Date of filing: 28.08.1992

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 6/ 24^{( . )}
G02B 6/ 36^{( . )}
G02B 6/ 40^{( . )}

G02B 6/ 26^{( . )}
G02B 6/ 38^{( . )}
G02B 6/ 42^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1992/007922

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1993/005418 (18.03.1993 Gazette 1993/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

30.08.1991 US 19910753255
20.02.1992 US 19920838638

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	JOHNSON, Melvin, Harry Chadds Ford, PA 19317 (US) LEE, Jerald, Dana Mendenhall, PA 19357 (US) WILLIS, Frank, Marsden Wenonah, NJ 08090 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al
	CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	AN OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR HAVING AN APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING THE CENTER OF AN OPTICAL FIBER ALONG A PREDETERMINED REFERENCE AXIS