G02B 6/3644
The coupling means being through-holes or wall apertures
Official title: {the coupling means being through-holes or wall apertures}
G02B6/3644 (The coupling means being through-holes or wall apertures) appears on 425 US grants and 399 published applications in this corpus.
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