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US 5,703,981 AGranted
Pre-terminated optical fibers
AssigneeFiber-Conn Assemblies, Inc.
InventorsMichael Dahan, John M. Ehrenreich
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Abstract
A termination ferrule body with a ferrule for an optical fiber is molded directly about the optical fiber employing a mold insert defining a hole in the insert that precisely locates the optical fiber in the center of the end of the ferrule.
Claims5
An optical fiber termination structure comprising
- an optical fiber,
- a ferrule body having a ferrule,
- said ferrule body molded to said optical fiber.
An optical fiber termination structure produced by the following process:
- inserting an optical fiber into a hollow axially elongated mold having a precisely centrally located hole at one end and an open end at the other end,
- inserting an optical fiber into the open end, through the mold and through the precisely located hole,
- said fiber having an outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of said centrally located hole,
- injecting a desired ferrule material into said mold about said optical fiber to bond to said fiber, and
- polishing the end of the fiber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.