Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1993-08-10
1995-03-07
Gonzalez, Frank
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
385 60, 385 69, 385 87, G02B 636
Patent
active
053965728
ABSTRACT:
A connector for terminating a cable comprising a buffered optical fiber surrounded by filamentary strength members and an outer jacket comprises a spring-loaded ferrule/barrel assembly, a unipartite cap and a crimping sleeve. The unipartite cap comprises a one-piecc structure having a connector end that mates with a twist-and-lock coupling apparatus, and is adapted to cooperate with the crimping sleeve to capture filamentary strength members contained within the cable at a cable-entrance end. The crimping sleeve has a first cylindrical portion which surrounds the cable-entrance end of the cap, and a second cylindrical portion, whose diameter is smaller than the first cylindrical portion, and is adapted to engage an outer jacket of the cable when critnped. A rigid sheath tube surrounds the buffered fiber within the cable so that it is not damaged during crimping, and is free to move back and forth within the cable.
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Bradley Kelvin B.
Lampert Norman R.
AT&T Corp.
Gonzalez Frank
Morra Michael A.
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