Fiber optic connector
AssigneeBelden Canada Inc.
InventorsBruno Chabot, David Hubbard
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector comprising a fusion assembly for strengthening a splice point. The fusion assembly comprises an elongate mechanical support positioned adjacent the splice point and snugly encased by a flexible tube. In one embodiment, a meltable adhesive in the form of a hollow tube is positioned over the splice point and the flexible tube comprises a heat shrinkable material. In another embodiment, the mechanical support is an elongate plate having a concave surface positioned adjacent the splice point and a C shaped cross section.
Claims10
A fiber optic connector assembly comprising:
- a fiber optic stub terminated at a first end by a ferrule and a second end spliced at a splice point to a length of fiber optic cable;
- a mechanical support comprising an elongate plate positioned in parallel and adjacent to said stub and said fiber optic cable, said elongate plate comprising a concave inner surface comprising an inner radius conforming to an outer radius of said stub and said fiber optic cable at said splice point, said mechanical support straddling said splice point;
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- an elongate flexible tube completely encasing said mechanical support and said stub and said fiber optic cable adjacent said mechanical support.
A fiber optic connector assembly comprising:
- a fiber optic stub terminated at a first end by a ferrule and a second end spliced at a splice point to a length of fibre optic cable;
- a mechanical support comprising a square bar positioned in parallel and adjacent to said stub and said fiber optic cable, said mechanical support straddling said splice point;
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- an elongate flexible tube completely encasing said mechanical support and said stub and said fiber optic cable adjacent said mechanical support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.