Optical fiber connector and method of fabricating same

Details Optical fiber connector and method of fabricating same Optical fiber connector and method of fabricating same

1994-06-29

1995-11-07

Allah, Akm E.

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 84, G02B 636

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054653134

ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber connector assembly includes a housing having a forward end, a rearward end and an axially extending passageway therethrough. A ferrule assembly is mounted within the passageway and includes a forwardly projecting ferrule near a forward end of the connector assembly for axially receiving the fiber end of an optical fiber cable inserted into the passageway from the rearward end of the housing. A tube is removably positioned in the passageway, with a front end of the tube at the ferrule assembly and a rear end of the tube exposed at the rearward end of the housing for receiving epoxy injected into the tube. Therefore, the connector assembly can be substantially assembled and transported with the tube in position in the passageway, the epoxy later can be injected through the tube to the ferrule assembly. The tube then can be removed and the optical fiber cable can be inserted into the passageway into engagement with the injected epoxy.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4333705 (1982-06-01), Mead
patent: 5222169 (1993-06-01), Chang et al.
patent: 5283849 (1994-02-01), Cooke et al.
patent: 5285510 (1994-02-01), Slaney
patent: 5287425 (1994-02-01), Chang

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