Optical fiber terminal and termination method

Details Optical fiber terminal and termination method Optical fiber terminal and termination method

1990-11-09

1992-03-17

Ullah, Akm

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

G02B 600, G02B 636

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050975226

ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic connector comprises a fiber having a planar end surface formed by hot plate melting. A terminal fitting surrounds the fiber and has a terminal face coplanar with the fiber end surface. A reservoir groove is formed in the terminal face surrounding the aperture and is isolated therefrom by a portion of the terminal face. The groove is preferably dimensioned to completely receive subsurface the excess reflowed fiber material resulting from the hot plate melting. In a preferred embodiment, the exit aperture is circular and the groove has a coaxial inner diameter only sufficiently larger than the aperture diameter to assure isolation of the groove from the aperture.

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patent: 4763980 (1988-08-01), Gerber et al.
patent: 4822129 (1989-04-01), Webb
patent: 4854663 (1989-08-01), Borsuk et al.

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