Fusion spliced connector
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorSatish I. Patel
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Abstract
An optical connector which houses and holds a fusion spliced portion in which a short optical fiber fitted to an optical connector ferrule is fusion-spliced with a buffered optical fiber. One end of a protection sleeve which reinforces said fusion spliced portion is configured to be coupled to said optical connector ferrule. The protection sleeve has an inner sleeve and a clamping sleeve wherein the inner sleeve is configured to be inserted into the clamping sleeve. The end of the inner sleeve distal from the ferrule is configured to have a clamping feature that is activated when the inner sleeve is inserted into the clamping sleeve.
Claims5
An optical connector which houses and holds a fusion spliced portion where a short optical fiber fitted to an optical connector ferrule is fusion-spliced with a buffered optical fiber comprising:
- a housing;
- said fusion spliced portion;
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- a protection sleeve within the housing which reinforces said fusion spliced portion and is configured to be coupled to a ferrule holder, wherein said protection sleeve includes an inner sleeve and a clamping sleeve wherein the inner sleeve is configured to be inserted and fully enclosed by the clamping sleeve and further wherein an end of the inner sleeve distal from the ferrule holder is configured to have a clamping feature that is activated when the inner sleeve is inserted into the clamping sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.