Fiber optic connectors

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1994-08-22

1998-10-27

Ngo, John

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 81, G02B 636

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RE0359351

ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic terminus assembly for use in a fiber optic connector is disclosed in which a gripper element and a radially deformable ferrule are compressed into gripping engagement with the optical fiber portion of an optical cable. A terminus body and a contact sleeve engage the outer layer of the optical cable and the ferrule and position the fiber at a preselected distance from a lens surface.

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