CA1097964A - Connector for flat ribbon optical fiber cables - Google Patents

Connector for flat ribbon optical fiber cables

Info

Publication number: CA1097964A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: connector; fibers; members; cable; fiber
Prior art date: 1977-08-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA307,558A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Thomas M. Cherney

Paul H. Binek

John M. Magnusson

Bryon J. Cronk

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

3M Co

Original Assignee

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1977-08-05

Filing date

1978-07-17

Publication date

1981-03-24

1978-07-17 Application filed by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co filed Critical Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co

1981-03-24 Application granted granted Critical

1981-03-24 Publication of CA1097964A publication Critical patent/CA1097964A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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CA307,558A 1977-08-05 1978-07-17 Connector for flat ribbon optical fiber cables Expired CA1097964A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US82226977A	1977-08-05	1977-08-05
US822,269		1977-08-05

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1097964A true CA1097964A (en)	1981-03-24

Family

ID=25235614

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA307,558A Expired CA1097964A (en)	1977-08-05	1978-07-17	Connector for flat ribbon optical fiber cables

Country Status (7)

Country	Link
JP (1)	JPS5435751A (de)
CA (1)	CA1097964A (de)
CH (1)	CH630731A5 (de)
DE (1)	DE2834765A1 (de)
FR (1)	FR2399677A1 (de)
GB (1)	GB2002139B (de)
IT (1)	IT7850610A0 (de)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4149072A (en) *	1977-08-05	1979-04-10	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	System for flat ribbon optical fiber data communications link
US4515434A (en) *	1983-03-09	1985-05-07	Allied Corporation	Fiber optic connector
JPS59138823U (ja) *	1983-03-09	1984-09-17	アルプス電気株式会社	光分岐・結合器
JPS60163408U (ja) *	1984-04-06	1985-10-30	日産自動車株式会社	光フアイバコネクタ
JPH0812310B2 (ja) *	1992-08-11	1996-02-07	山一電機株式会社	光コネクタプラグ
US6425691B1 (en) *	2000-06-30	2002-07-30	Berg Technology, Inc.	Flexible circuits with strain relief

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3871935A (en) *	1974-03-14	1975-03-18	Bell Telephone Labor Inc	Method of encapsulating and terminating the fibers of an optical fiber ribbon
DE2615389A1 (de) *	1975-04-18	1976-10-21	Bunker Ramo	Optisch-elektronische verbindung
US4149072A (en) *	1977-08-05	1979-04-10	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	System for flat ribbon optical fiber data communications link

1978
- 1978-07-17 CA CA307,558A patent/CA1097964A/en not_active Expired
- 1978-08-04 IT IT7850610A patent/IT7850610A0/it unknown
- 1978-08-04 FR FR7823185A patent/FR2399677A1/fr active Pending
- 1978-08-04 JP JP9535778A patent/JPS5435751A/ja active Pending
- 1978-08-04 CH CH831878A patent/CH630731A5/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1978-08-04 DE DE19782834765 patent/DE2834765A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1978-08-04 GB GB7832366A patent/GB2002139B/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB2002139B (en)	1982-02-10
FR2399677A1 (fr)	1979-03-02
CH630731A5 (de)	1982-06-30
GB2002139A (en)	1979-02-14
IT7850610A0 (it)	1978-08-04
JPS5435751A (en)	1979-03-16
DE2834765A1 (de)	1979-02-22

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1998-03-24	MKEX	Expiry

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