Optical fiber connector using photocurable adhesive
CA 2318325 A1 · Owner: Dower, William V. · Inventors: Holmes, Brian N.; Oxman, Joel D.; Dower, William V.
Overview
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A fiber optic connector including a holder for one or more optical cables each optical cable having an optical fiber surrounded by strengthening fibers both of which are surrounded by at least one polymeric coating layer. The cable is stripped in a layerwise manner such that an area of exposed fiber is succeeded by an area of exposed strengthening fibers succeeded by an area of , coated cable. A visible light curable adhesive is injected into the holder and cured by exposure to visible light for up to 30 seconds bonding the optical , fiber layers and the holder into a unified structure.
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- Filed June 29, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 29, 2018.
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