Optical waveguides – Accessories – Bushing structure
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
Accessories
Bushing structure
C385S094000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06993239
ABSTRACT:
An optical module box made of aluminum that has a reworkable glass-sealed fiber feedthru is disclosed. A fiber is inserted through a glass seal and a C-seal for hermetically sealing an opening in the optical module box. In a first embodiment, a module box employing a single-fiber fiber feedthru is described. In a second embodiment, a module box employing a 2-fiber feedthru is described. In a third embodiment, a module box employing a ribbon fiber feedthru is described. A module box having an opening with a single-fiber feedthru, comprising a C-seal; a glass sealed feedthru having a front tube and a back tube, the back tube of the glass sealed feedthru extending through the C-seal; and a fiber passing through the glass sealed feedthru and the C-seal, thereby hermetically sealed into the opening of the module box.
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EP Search Report, Application No. 04023114.4, dated Jan. 12, 2005.
Barbarossa Giovanni
Chang Ching-Lin
Dela Rosa Herbert B.
Guan William Z.
Ly Khanh T.
Avanex Corporation
Font Frank G.
Mooney Michael P.
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
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