G02B 6/3883
Using rods, pins or balls to align a plurality of pairs of
Official title: {using rods, pins or balls to align a plurality of pairs of ferrule ends}
G02B6/3883 (Using rods, pins or balls to align a plurality of pairs of) appears on 89 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 89
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 215
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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