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US 8,998,507 B2Granted
Fiber optic connectors and structures for optical fibers and methods for using the same
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsDavide Domenico Fortusini, Micah Colen Isenhour, Dennis Michael Knecht, James Phillip Luther
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a device comprises at least one ferrule having a bore, the bore extending from a rear of the ferrule toward a front of the ferrule, wherein the bore is sized to receive an optical fiber with a buffer at a rear end face of the ferrule, wherein the front end of the ferrule includes an optical component.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- at least one ferrule having a bore, the bore extending from a rear of the ferrule toward a front of the ferrule, wherein the bore is sized to receive a single optical fiber with a glass core, a cladding, a protective layer and a buffer surrounding the fiber cladding at a rear end face of the ferrule and at front end face of the ferrule, wherein said front end of the ferrule includes an optical component.
The method of connecting an optical fiber/buffer assembly to an active device or ferrule connector, comprising the steps of:
- (i) inserting the fiber/buffer assembly into a ferrule that includes an optical component, such that the endface of the optical fiber/buffer assembly is situated in adjacent to at least one surface of said optical component, wherein the fiber/buffer assembly includes an optical fiber with a glass core, a cladding surrounding the core, a protective coating thereon, and a buffer situated over said coating;
- (ii) inserting the ferrule into the mating receptacle of the active device or of the ferrule connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.