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Gilbert Manoff

Elie Zajac

The invention relates to a process for mounting an optical fiber, in a connector element comprising a body having a frontal end surface which defines a plane of reference, and comprising a ferrule accommodated in said body, projecting axially toward the front and having a frontal end face which is located at a predetermined axial distance from said plane of reference. After the end of an optical fiber is stripped, it is mounted from the rear so that it projects axially from the frontal end (8a) of the ferrule (8); the non-stripped part of the optical fiber is immobilized at the rear of the body; the axial relative position of the stripped part of the fiber with respect to the frontal face of the ferrule is modified by a mechanical constraint exerted on either the fiber or the ferrule, by means of an appropriate tool positioned in a precise manner with respect to the plane of reference; a scratch is made in or in front of the plane of the frontal face of the ferrule; the fiber is fractured at the location of the scratch; and the fiber or the ferrule is allowed to return elastically. u

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Gagny, France

Gilbert Manoff