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Connecting system with cleaved fiber and crimp termination

  • US 5,408,558 A
  • Filed: 10/21/1993
  • Issued: 04/18/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A terminus arrangement for terminating an optical fiber with cleaving (scoring the fiber periphery and applying either tension or bending to the fiber) of said optical fiber after first securing said optical fiber within a terminus or terminus sub-components, comprising;

  • a first part having a continuous sidewall enclosing an internal cavity which is secured to said optical fiber or to the buffered fiber coating of said optical fiber by means of mechanical crimping on the periphery of said first part which secures the inside diameter or other inside configuration of said first part to the periphery of said optical fiber or to said buffer coating;

    a second part having a continuous sidewall enclosing an internal cavity with a relatively small internal diameter only slightly larger than the diameter of said optical fiber;

    said second part having a recess or counterbore at the tip face to allow an unsupported portion of said optical fiber, enabling improved fiber cleaving endface quality.

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