Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector
Patent
1995-06-08
1996-09-10
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
385 59, 385 71, G02B 638
Patent
active
055553320
ABSTRACT:
An applicator for inserting guide pins in the corresponding apertures of a fiber optic connector includes a carrier body defining a number of bores and a number of guide pins disposed at least partially within respective ones of the bores, the guide pins extending outwardly from a first surface of the carrier body. The outwardly extending ends of the guide pins are then inserted into and captured by the fiber optic connector and remain therein after removal of the carrier body. In order to further increase the numbers of guide pins that are simultaneously inserted, a plurality of fiber optic connectors can be maintained in a predetermined aligned relationship by an alignment shell having a releasably connected sidewall for receiving the fiber optic connectors.
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Dean David L.
Malanowski Alan J.
Merriken James R.
Szentesi Otto I.
Lee John D.
Noah Wesley T.
Palmer Phan T. H.
Siecor Corporation
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