Patent ID: 9547130
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An attenuator device, comprising: a housing that forms a channel to receive an optical fiber, the optical fiber including a first fused fiber tap for a first signal direction in the optical fiber and a second fused fiber tap for a second signal direction in the optical fiber; a first tap bend control region, in series with the channel and configured to align with the first fused fiber tap; a first bend-inducing object that moves to selectively contact the first fused fiber tap in the first tap bend control region to alter a bend radius at the first fused fiber tap; a second tap bend control region, in series with the channel and configured to align with the second fused fiber tap; and a second bend-inducing object that moves to selectively contact the second fused fiber tap in the second tap bend control region to alter a bend radius at the second fused fiber tap.