Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article – Shrinkable or shrunk
Patent
1995-09-26
1998-03-24
Dye, Rena
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
Shrinkable or shrunk
428 352, 428138, 428346, 428913, 1381181, 138172, 138174, 174DIG8, 385 95, 385 96, G02B 6255, B65B 5302
Patent
active
057310513
ABSTRACT:
A sleeve for protecting and reinforcing a fusion splice of two or more optical fibers. The fusion splice protector includes a heat-shrinkable sleeve adapted to surround the fusion splice and adjacent portions of the fused optical fibers, a stress-relieving support element adjacent the fusion splice, and a hot-melt adhesive contained within the sleeve for retaining the support element adjacent a longitudinal section of the sleeve. The support element is designed to impart varying elasticity along a length of the sleeve such that the fusion splice protector is more rigid at the central portion of the sleeve member than at its ends. This may advantageously be achieved by providing a support element having a cross-sectional profile which varies along the length of the sleeve. The support element is preferably constructed of a polymer or polymer blend, most preferably one having a coefficient of thermal expansion which is approximately equal to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the optical fibers.
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Fahey Maureen T.
Hulme-Lowe Alan G.
Mansfield Charles M.
Olson Grieg A.
Chernivec Gerald F.
Dye Rena
McFarren John C.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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