FLEXIBLY BENDED BOOT FOR OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR

• US 20130094816A1
• Filed: 10/18/2011
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Protai Photonic Co., Ltd., SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. (SENKO Group Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Protai Photonic Co., Ltd., SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. (SENKO Group Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: MAMIYA, Tomoyuki, GNIADEK, Jeffery, LIN, I En
• Application Number:
  US13/275,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20130094816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/86
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/38875 Protection from bending or twisting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49204 Contact or terminal manufacturing

Abstract

A boot for an optical fiber connector according to the present invention is provided. The boot includes a hollow cylindrical body defining an axial direction, a protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body, and a member with the property of plasticity disposed in the protrusion portion, wherein the member has at least one protrusion formed thereon The at least one protrusion sticks in the protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body.

Claims

1. A boot for an optical fiber connector, comprising:

a hollow cylindrical body defining an axial direction;

a protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body; and

a member having plasticity, and disposed in the protrusion portion, wherein

the member has at least one protrusion formed thereon,

the at least one protrusion sticks in the protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body, and

the at least one protrusion protrudes in only one direction transverse to the axial direction.

2. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member and the at least one protrusion are integrally formed.

3. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member includes a metal wire.

4. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protrusion portion is integrally formed with the cylindrical body.

5. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member is disposed along the axial direction.

6. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion is formed on a lateral side of the member.

7. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the member includes an iron wire.

17. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion includes a portion of the member deformed by pressing the portion of the member in the only one direction transverse to the axial direction.

18. The boot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the only one direction is perpendicular to the axial direction.

8. A method of manufacturing a boot for an optical fiber connector, the method comprising:

forming a protrusion portion on a hollow cylindrical body, wherein the cylindrical body defines an axial direction;

providing a member having plasticity;

deforming a portion of the member so as to form at least one protrusion on the member; and

disposing the member in the protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body such that the at least one protrusion of the member sticks in the protrusion portion formed on the cylindrical body, wherein

the at least one protrusion protrudes in only one direction transverse to the axial direction.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the deforming includes pressing the portion of the member in the only one direction transverse to the axial direction.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the at least one protrusion is formed on a lateral side of the member.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the at least one protrusion is formed on a lateral side of the member.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the member and the at least one protrusion are integrally formed.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the member includes a metal wire.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the protrusion portion is integrally formed with the cylindrical body.

15. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the member is disposed along the axial direction.

16. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the member includes an iron wire.

19. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the only one direction is perpendicular to the axial direction.