Fibre-optic connector
OwnerSimon Charles Gilliganinventor
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Abstract
An optical fibre connector comprises a housing and an internal core member defining a channel means for receiving an optical fibre, a chamber for receiving a quantity of curable adhesive being in communication with the channel means, the connector including plunger means to reduce the volume of the chamber, whereby adhesive contained in the chamber in use is urged around an optical fibre disposed in the channel before the adhesive cures. The connector may include a ferrule at the front end, the ferrule carrying an optical fibre as a stub having a distal end flush with the front face of the ferrule and a proximal end extending from the rear face of the ferrule and terminating in an alignment tube coaxial with the channel means of the internal core member.
Claims11
An optical fibre connector comprising a housing and an internal core member defining a channel means for receiving an optical fibre, a chamber for receiving a quantity of curable adhesive being in communication with the channel means, the connector including plunger means to reduce the volume of the chamber, whereby adhesive contained in the chamber in use is urged around an optical fibre disposed in the channel before the adhesive cures.
A connector according to any preceding claim, further including a ferrule at the front end, the ferrule carrying an optical fibre as a stub having a distal end flush with the front face of the ferrule and a proximal end extending from the rear face of the ferrule and terminating in an alignment tube coaxial with the channel means of the internal core member.
A connector according to any preceding claim, in which the plunger means comprises a compression head which is directly activatable to reduce the volume of the chamber and apply pressure to the adhesive therein.
A connector according to any preceding claim, in which the plunger means includes means cooperable with the housing to maintain the compression head in the inner position.
An optical fibre connector substantially as herein described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.