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Crimp for fiber optic connector

  • US 5,475,782 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1994
  • Issued: 12/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A crimp for securing a fiber optic cable to a fiber optic connector wherein said cable includes an axially extending optical fiber, a layer of reinforcement yarn fibers surrounding said optical fiber and a jacket surrounding said layer of yarn fibers;

  • said crimp comprising;

    (a) a crimp sleeve including;

    (i) an insertion tube having;

    (1) a bore extending axially therethrough and sized to pass said optical fiber;

    (2) an external dimension sized for said insertion tube to be inserted within an end of said cable with said optical fiber passing through said bore and with said tube disposed between said optical fiber and said layer of reinforcement yarn fibers;

    (ii) a flange projecting radially from said tube and sized to oppose an axial end of said jacket when said tube is inserted within said end of said cable;

    (b) a housing having internal surfaces defining a chamber and an entrance opening exposing said chamber, said chamber and said entrance opening sized for said crimp sleeve to be inserted through said entrance opening and into said chamber with said internal surfaces opposing said flange and said end of said cable; and

    (c) said opening further sized for said housing at said entrance opening to urge opposing ones of said yarn fibers to fold over onto said jacket upon insertion of said crimp sleeve and said cable into said chamber.

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