Fiber optic connector sub-assemblies and fiber optic connectors including the same
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications LLC
InventorsAdra Smith Baca, Rebecca Lynn Burt, Jeffrey Dean Danley, Darrin Max Miller, Dennis Craig Morrison
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly includes a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis. The fiber optic connector sub-assembly also includes a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis. The bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends without there being an optical fiber present in the ferrule bore.
Claims20
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis, wherein:
- the bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends;
- at least a portion of the bonding agent between the first and second ends has not been melted and solidified;
- and
- an optical fiber is not present in the ferrule bore.
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore, wherein:
- the bonding agent comprises a partially cross-linkable polymer resin;
- only some of the bonding agent has been melted and solidified;
- the bonding agent that has not been melted and solidified comprises particles in an amorphous form;
- and
- an optical fiber is not present in the ferrule bore.
A fiber optic connector, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- a ferrule holder from which the ferrule extends;
- a housing in which the ferrule holder is received, wherein the ferrule holder is spring-biased relative to the housing;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis, wherein:
- the bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends;
- and
- at least a portion of the bonding agent between the first and second ends has not been melted and solidified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.