Gte Laboratories Incorporated

Gary M Lambert

W John Carlsen

Mark L Dakss

Optical fibers are held and aligned by means of a base member and a cover. The base member has a longitudinal recessed V-shaped groove along a fiber engaging face thereof, and a plurality of rectangular transverse slots spaced along the groove. The slots extend to a depth extending the groove. The cover has a longitudinal extended V-shaped protuberance along a face of the cover which engages the base member. The protuberance corresponds in size and shape to the recessed V-shaped groove, but is blunt at its apex. A plurality of rectangular transverse inverted V-shaped fingers are spaced along the protuberance, and are blunt at their apices. The fingers have a length not exceeding the depth of the slots. A system for splicing two optical fibers in alignment with each other utilizes three of the foregoing clamps, two to hold the fibers temporarily in place and one as the splice part itself. Optical adhesive is used for affixing the ends of the fibers and the splice clamp to each other.

Winged V-groove fiber optic clamp and splicer

A fiber optic connector includes a first connector body, an associated first end cap means, a second connector body and an associated second end cap means. A longitudinal groove is provided along a fiber engaging face of the first connector body. A plurality of transverse slots are spaced along the groove. Reference means are associated with the groove for indicating where a face of a first fiber to be coupled should be aligned. The first end cap means has a longitudinal protuberance along a face which engages a portion of the first connector body, the protuberance corresponding in size and shape to the groove. A plurality of transverse inverted fingers are spaced along the protuberance. The second connector body has a longitudinal protuberance along a fiber engaging face with a plurality of transverse inverted fingers spaced therealong. Reference means are associated with the second body protuberance for indicating where a face of a second fiber to be coupled should be aligned. The second end cap means has a raised longitudinal extension with a groove therein along a face for engaging a portion of the second connector body. A plurality of transverse slots are spaced along the second end cap means groove. Upon proper mating of the two connector bodies, body engaging means associated with each connector body engage the corresponding mated body.

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Gary M Lambert