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US 6,203,211 B1Granted
Connector for a fiber optic cable
OwnerYu-Feng Chenginventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a connector for a fiber optic cable. The connector has at least three clamps which respectively clamp the outer and the inner cover and also the filament of the fiber optic cable. Due to the engagement with the outer cover, the inner cover and the filament of the fiber optic cable, the connector of the invention is able to secure the alignment of two different filaments when connection therebetween is necessary.
Claims2
A connector for a fiber optic cable having a head, a waist, and a holding portion, and being hollow to contain the fiber optic cable therein, wherein the improvements comprise:
- at least one transverse slit (14) defined in the holding portion (13) and for each of said at least one slit (14), a corresponding first clamp (16) having a central opening (162) for receiving and clamping the outer cover (22) of the fiber optic cable (20);
- at least two transversely defined slits (15, 152) defined in the waist (12) and for each of said slits (15, 152), two corresponding second and third clamps (17,18) each having a central opening (172, 182) for receiving and clamping the inner cover (24) and the filament (26) of the fiber optic cable (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.