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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4212512 | Fiber optic coupler for tapping into fiber optic line Light distributing coupler means are provided for use in an optic fiber transmission system having a first, second, third and fourth optical fibers. The distributing means is arranged to couple light signals between a first fiber and a co-axially aligned,... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4200356 | Coupler for optical communication system A coupler for interconnecting transmission lines in an optical communication system. In a preferred embodiment it comprises an elongated bi-conically shaped rod of transparent material which continues into two cylindrical mixing rods. The lines are split ... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4198118 | Power equalizing multiport optical coupler An apparatus for controlling the attenuation of optical coupling between remote terminals or ports on the same optical coupler. The attenuator employed is a partially reflecting mirrored surface located on the end of a mixing block with a portion of one s... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4193661 | Optical multichannel coupler A multichannel coupler for connecting a plurality of input fibers to a plurality of output fibers which comprises a mixing fiber coupled to the pluralities of fibers. This mixing fiber is cut along a transversal cut and the two parts thus obtained are sec... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4184740 | Multi-channel coupler for fibres optic links The invention provides a multi-channel optical coupler forming a single component which can be attached to the front panel of an equipment. A single central U-shaped optical fibre acts as a mixer waveguide. The terminal faces of this central waveguide are... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4179185 | Coupler for optical communication system A coupler for coupling an optical signal progagating in any one of a plurality of optical waveguide filaments to all of the remaining filaments. The coupler comprises a plurality of optical waveguide filaments, the end portions of which are fused together... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4150870 | Adjustable distributor device for shared transmission of radiant energy The present invention relates to an adjustable radiation distributor for fiber optics networks. This distributor effects distribution of an incident radiation between several optical cables by means of a fixed coupling element of fork shape, the body of w... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4139259 | Light distributor for optical communication systems A light distributor which is connected to an incoming light guide and a plurality of outgoing light guides for distributing a light arriving from the incoming light guide into the plurality of outgoing light guides characterized by the distributor compris... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4113345 | Branching arrangement for communication transmission links having optical glass fibers A branching arrangement for communication transmission links having a branching zone between an incoming cladded optical glass fiber and a plurality of outgoing cladded optical glass fibers with each of the glass fibers having a core enclosed in a casing ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4092059 | Coupler for optical communication system A reciprocal coupler for connecting anyone of a plurality of optical signal transmission lines to all the other transmission lines in an optical communication system. The coupler comprises an elongated transparent optical mixing rod optically coupled by a... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4087156 | Optical fiber transmission mixer and method of making same Methods and materials are disclosed for providing an optical fiber transmission mixer wherein the cladding material is removed from an intermediate region of a plurality of fibers and the exposed fiber cores are encapsulated in a matching or slightly high... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4072399 | Passive optical coupler A coupler disposed between two optical signal transmission lines for extracting from the first transmission line a fraction of the energy transmitted thereby and for injecting an input optical signal into the other transmission line. The first transmissio... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4054366 | Fiber optics access coupler There is disclosed a fiber optic coupler for use in single strand fiber systems comprising a device to allow optical access to a single fiber by means of a second fiber which has been attached to it by fusing the glass cladding of the two fibers as by app... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4011005 | Coupler for optical communication system A coupler for coupling in the same manner any one of a plurality of optical signal transmission lines to all of the other transmission lines. The coupler comprises at least three elongated frusto-conical shaped arms of transparent material coupled togethe... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3937557 | Star coupler for single mode fiber communication systems An optical coupler system in which optical communications from separate cers are transmitted over separate lines of a single optical fiber to a coupler which combines the information and transmits the combined information over different single fibers to ... | 02/10/1976 |
