Patent
1985-02-08
1988-03-29
Sikes, William L.
350 9620, G02B 638
Patent
active
047339357
ABSTRACT:
A connector for the splicing of the individual filaments of an optical fiber cable to the filaments of another cable, or to a related component, particularly in a hostile environment as when the cables are under water, includes a cylindrical outer housing within which are received several elements for anchoring two cables and splicing the filament within a protected space in the housing, all of the elements being designed to form a generally cylindrical assembly that can be inserted into, and removed from, the outer housing from either end to provide the protected inner space and being equipped with O-ring fluid seals to prevent unwanted leakage of liquid from the exterior of the housing into that space. In one form of the invention, axially slidable compensating pistons are provided at the opposite ends of the protected interior space to equalize the pressure between the interior space and the exterior of the housing. In both forms of the invention it is structurally symmetrical with respect to a central transverse plane to permit reversal of the components within the housing, including the use of substantially identical removable elements on opposite sides of the central plane.
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patent: 4601536 (1986-07-01), Guazzo
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Sikes William L.
The Rochester Corporation
Wise Robert E.
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