HERMETICALLY SEALED CONNECTORS AND FEED-THROUGHS FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING HERMETIC SEALS FOR SUCH CABLES - Patent 1461652

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EP 1 461 652 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/40

(21)	Application number: 01992424.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.12.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02B 6/38

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/050647

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/058314 (17.07.2003 Gazette 2003/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: Three E Laboratories, Inc.
	Montgomeryville, PA 18936 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	POLLACK, Michael, J. Lansdale, PA 19446 (US) HAMILTON, Robert Philadelphia, PA 19143 (US)

(74)	Representative: McKechnie, Neil Henry et al
	Kennedys Patent Agency LimitedFloor 5, Queens House29 St Vincent Place Glasgow G1 2DT Glasgow G1 2DT (GB)

(54)	HERMETICALLY SEALED CONNECTORS AND FEED-THROUGHS FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING HERMETIC SEALS FOR SUCH CABLES