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Fiber optic connectors and ferrules and methods for using the same

  • US 8,998,502 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2011
  • Issued: 04/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ferrule fiber assembly, comprising:

  • (i) ferule having a bore extending from a rear of the ferrule to a front of the ferrule, wherein the bore is sized to receive a single optical fiber comprising a core, a cladding, a coating, and a buffer layer situated on said coating at one end face of the ferrule; and

    end stop sized to engage the buffer layer and to contain the optical fiber with said buffer layer within said ferrule; and

    (ii) a single optical fiber situated within said bore, wherein said fiber includes the core, the cladding, the coating, said coating having a Young'"'"'s modulus greater than 700 MPa, and the buffer layer wherein (i) said end stop is in contact with said buffer layer and (ii) the end face of said optical fiber is aligned to the other end face of said ferrule such that the distance between the end face of said optical fiber and the other end face of said ferrule is less than 0.005″

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