Polymer spring fiber optic splicer, tool for operating same and

Details Polymer spring fiber optic splicer, tool for operating same and Polymer spring fiber optic splicer, tool for operating same and

1990-09-06

1992-06-09

Lee, John D.

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection

385134, 385136, G02B 638

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051214563

ABSTRACT:
A splicer for optical fibers. The splicer is assembled from two polymer body halves. When assembled the body halves function as spring clamps. Internal to the body halves is a metallic splice element which is assembled from two mirror image halves. The polymer body halves and the metallic splice element body halves both include a passageway for the two fibers to be spliced and a passageway for a tool that is used to operate the splicer so that a fiber can be inserted into or removed therefrom. During assembly a portion of the body halves are fused together to provide a unitized construction to the spring clamps. The splicer may be inserted in a panel. A ferrule is used to hold the splicer in the panel.

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Thirty-Seventh International Wire and Cable Symposium, "Mechanical Optical Fiber Splice Containing an Articulated Conformable Metallic Element", Richard A. Patterson, Nov. 1988.

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