Fiber optic connector sub-assemblies and related methods
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications LLC
InventorsAdra Smith Baca, Rebecca Lynn Burt, Jeffrey Dean Danley, Darrin Max Miller, Dennis Craig Morrison
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly includes a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis. The fiber optic connector sub-assembly also includes a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis. The bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends.
Claims18
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis, wherein the bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends;
- wherein the at least a portion of the bonding agent between the first and second ends has not been melted and solidified.
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore, wherein the bonding agent comprises a partially cross-linkable polymer resin, and further wherein at least some of the bonding agent has been melted and solidified;
- wherein less than all of the bonding agent has been melted and solidified, and further wherein the bonding agent that has not been melted and solidified comprises particles in an amorphous form.
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly, comprising:
- a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a bonding agent disposed in the ferrule bore and having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis, wherein the bonding agent has been melted and solidified at the first and second ends;
- wherein the first and second ends of the bonding agent are part of respective first and second regions of the bonding agent along the longitudinal axis, the first region being closer to the front end of the ferrule than the second region, and the first and second regions each having an axial length between about 1% and 33% of an overall axial length of the bonding agent, and further wherein at least 90% of the bonding agent in the first and second regions has been melted and solidified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.