Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Jack S McLaren

Dean Tran

Christian L Marquez

Michelle M Hazard

Sonny D Le

David M Hernandez

A cold welding technique for securing a fiber optic cable ( ) to a ferrule ( ). The fiber optic cable ( ) is inserted into a sleeve ( ). The fiber cable and sleeve assembly is then slid into a sleeve bore ( ) through one end of the ferrule ( ) so that the fiber ( ) extends out of an opposite end ( ) of the ferrule ( ). The sleeve ( ) is then retracted from the ferrule ( ). A cold electroplating process is performed so that a layer ( ) of a suitable plating material is deposited over the end ( ) of the ferrule ( ) through which the fiber ( ) extends so that the fiber cable ( ) is held within the ferrule ( ) and the ferrule opening is hermetically sealed. The sleeve ( ) is then slid back into the ferrule ( ) and is soldered to the ferrule to hold it in the desired location.

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San Pedro, CA, United States of America

Jack S McLaren