1985-12-06
1989-04-18
Sikes, William L.
350 9620, G02B 638
Patent
active
048221317
ABSTRACT:
A hermaphroditic housing for a fiber optic splice comprises substantially identical, and therefore interchangeable, mating sections. Each of the sections exhibit a substantially tubular contour and is characterized by a primary portion having an orifice at one end for the insertion of an optical fiber, a tubular locking portion having a diameter greater than the diameter of the primary portion, and a tapered portion disposed between and joining the primary portion and the gripping portion. The housing provides a trisectional, substantially cylindrical cavity comprising a first section having a diameter appropriate for the insertion of a ferrule crimp, a second section having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first section and appropriate for the insertion of an elastomeric splice, and an intermediate section disposed between the first section and the second section and having a diameter greater than the diameter of the first section but less than the diameter of the third section.
The locking portion is comprised on an interior layer and an integumentary which extends a finite distance beyond the interior layer. The integumentary layer exhibits a pair of diametrically opposed slots while the interior layer comprises a pair of complementary, diametrically opposed, locking flanges.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4432603 (1984-02-01), Morency et al.
GTE Products Corporation
McNeill William H.
Odozynski John A.
Sikes William L.
Wise Robert E.
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