Optical cable fixture, fiber optic connector, and fiber optic connector manufacturing method
AssigneeFujin Precision Industrial (Jincheng)Co., Ltd.
InventorsJian-Wei Hu, Yao Li, Jian-Bo Yang
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Abstract
An optical cable fixture includes a base and a cover. The base defines a receiving groove penetrating opposite sides of the base. The receiving groove includes a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion receives an optical cable. The second receiving portion receives first optical fibers extending from the optical cable. The cover covers the base and fixes the optical cable and the first optical fibers.
Claims11
An optical cable fixture for sorting and stripping an optical fiber ribbon, the optical cable fixture comprising:
- a base;
- a cover;
- and
- a sorting member;
- wherein:
- the base defines a receiving groove penetrating opposite sides of the base;
- the receiving groove comprises a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion;
- the first receiving portion receives an optical cable;
- the second receiving portion receives a plurality of first optical fibers extending from the optical cable;
- the cover covers the base and fixes the optical cable and the plurality of first optical fibers;
- the sorting member is received in the receiving groove and defines a through hole, the through hole comprises an accommodating portion and a sorting portion, a size of the accommodating portion is larger than a size of the sorting portion, the accommodating portion is for inserting the plurality of first optical fibers, and the sorting portion is for sorting the plurality of first optical fibers.
A fiber optic connector manufacturing method comprising:
- fixing an optical cable and a plurality of first optical fibers of the optical cable by an optical cable fixture;
- stripping a coating on the surface of the plurality of first optical fibers;
- providing a ferrule assembly comprising a connector and a plurality of second optical fibers, and splicing the plurality of first optical fibers to the plurality of second optical fibers;
- and
- assembling the optical cable and the ferrule assembly to form the fiber optic connector;
- wherein a method of fixing the optical cable and the plurality of first optical fibers by the optical cable fixture comprises:
- providing a sorting member defining a through hole, the through hole comprising an accommodating portion and a sorting portion, a size of the accommodating portion larger than a size of the sorting portion, the plurality of first optical fibers inserted into the accommodating portion and sorted through the sorting portion.
A fiber optic connector comprising:
- an optical cable comprising a plurality of first optical fibers;
- a ferrule assembly comprising a connector and a plurality of second optical fibers;
- and
- a sorting member;
- wherein:
- the plurality of first optical fibers is spliced to the plurality of second optical fibers;
- the sorting member defines a through hole, the through hole comprises an accommodating portion and a sorting portion, a size of the accommodating portion is larger than a size of the sorting portion, the accommodating portion is for inserting the plurality of first optical fibers, and the sorting portion is for sorting the plurality of first optical fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.