Raychem Limited

Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh

Mark Ostasiuk

Frank H Levinson

Kevin Michael Thackston

Akira Tomita

Pravin L Soni

Adam C Tanous

Hailing Liu

Andrew M Martin

Richard J McCrae

Xiaoming Luo

Thierry Emile Henri Marin-Martinod

Matthew Richard Mcalonis

A method of forming an optical fiber elbow includes bending a straight optical fiber while subjecting the fiber to an elevated temperature for an amount of time sufficient to anneal strain out of the bent section of the optical fiber such that upon cooling the optical fiber maintains a bent attitude with little or no strain in the bend.

Annealing bent optical fiber

An optical fiber contact for terminating an optical fiber includes a solid multi-part thermoset mixture in a cavity in a front portion of the contact, an optical fiber being terminated by heating the thermoset so as to cause it to soften and liquify and subsequently inserting an optical fiber through the contact. The thermoset when liquified chemically reacts so as to form an epoxy adhesive which secures the optical fiber within the contact and keeps the optical fiber in place even when subjected to extremely wide temperature variations.

Contact for terminating an optical fiber

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