×

Cable termination assembly and method for connectors

  • US 9,268,102 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2013
  • Issued: 02/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A fiber optic connector assembly comprising:

  • a fiber optic connector including a main connector body having a front mating end and a rear cable termination end, the fiber optic connector also including a rear insert secured within the rear cable termination end of the main connector body;

    a fiber optic cable including an optical fiber, a strength layer and an outer jacket, the optical fiber extending from the fiber optic cable forwardly through the main connector body and having a ferrule-less end portion accessible at the front mating end of the main connector body, the optical fiber being secured to a fiber securement substrate by a first shape recoverable sleeve, the fiber securement substrate being anchored within the rear insert;

    the outer jacket of the fiber optic cable having a forward end and the rear insert having a rearward end, the forward end of the outer jacket being positioned such that an axial gap exists between the forward end of the outer jacket and the rearward end of the rear insert;

    a second shape recoverable sleeve that secures the outer jacket to the rear insert, the second shape recoverable sleeve overlapping and being bonded to outer surfaces of the outer jacket and the rear insert, the second shape recoverable sleeve traversing the axial gap; and

    adhesive material at least partially filling the axial gap.

View all claims
  • 6 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×