Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1993-08-23
1994-08-09
Gonzalez, Frank
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
385 84, 385136, G02B 636
Patent
active
053373901
ABSTRACT:
An adhesiveless optical fiber connector utilizes a mechanical gripping element to hold the fiber in place. The gripping element will receive an optical fiber when it is disengaged and hold the fiber when engaged. It is engageable by moving a plug in a direction transverse to the fiber.
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Henson Gordon D.
Lee Nicholas A.
Buckingham Stephen W.
Gonzalez Frank
Griswold Gary L.
Kirn Walter N.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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