Optical fiber connector and method of assembly
AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsRonald L. Mudd, Derek N. Johnson
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Abstract
A method for assembling an optical fiber connector comprising providing a one piece housing comprising a tailpiece and a body defining a forward first end, a rearward second end and a passage extending longitudinally therebetween, inserting a spring element into the passage through the forward first end, inserting a subassembly comprising a ferrule, a ferrule holder and a lead-in tube into the passage through the forward first end, maintaining the spring within the passage between a shoulder defined by the one piece housing and a flange of the ferrule holder, and inserting a subassembly retainer into the passage through the forward first end.
Claims14
A method for assembling an optical fiber connector, comprising:
- providing a one piece housing comprising a tailpiece and a body defining a forward first end, a rearward second end and a passage extending longitudinally therebetween;
- inserting a spring element into the passage through the forward first end;
- inserting a subassembly comprising a ferrule, a ferrule holder and a lead-in tube into the passage through the forward first end;
- maintaining the spring within the passage between a shoulder defined by the one piece housing and a flange of the ferrule holder;
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- inserting a subassembly retainer into the passage through the forward first end.
A method of assembling an optical fiber connector, comprising:
- providing a one piece housing comprising a forward first end, a rearward second, a housing passage through the housing, a shoulder within the passage, and a tailpiece;
- inserting a spring element into the housing passage through the forward first end and into abutment with the shoulder;
- assembling a subassembly by inserting a ferrule into a ferrule holder passage, inserting a lead-in tube into the ferrule holder passage, and pressing the lead-in tube into abutment with a shoulder in the ferrule holder passage;
- inserting the subassembly into the housing passage through the forward first end such that the lead-in tube passes through a central region of the spring element and the tailpiece;
- inserting a subassembly retainer into the housing passage through the forward first end.
An optical fiber connector assembled by providing a one piece housing comprising a tailpiece and a body defining a forward first end, a rearward second end and a passage extending longitudinally therebetween, inserting a spring element into the passage through the forward first end, inserting a subassembly comprising a ferrule, a ferrule holder and a lead-in tube into the passage through the forward first end, maintaining the spring within the passage between a shoulder defined by the one piece housing and a flange of the ferrule holder, and inserting a subassembly retainer into the passage through the forward first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.