Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1993-07-20
1994-11-08
Bovernick, Rodney B.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
G02B 636
Patent
active
053634616
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber connector for terminating an optical fiber which has a ferrule or plug member located therein. The plug member has a bore extending therethrough and an optical fiber stub fixed in the bore extending from the front face of the plug to a point within the bore intermediate its ends. One or more channel members in the plug overlap the end of the stub within the plug. The channel members provide, in effect, a receptacle for excess index matching gel when the fiber being terminated is inserted from the rear of the bore and pressed forward to compress the gel. Crimping members are mounted on the rear of the plug and are adapted to grip the protection coating of the fiber being terminated to fix the fiber and the plug relative to each other.
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Bovernick Rodney B.
Ngo John
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