Amphenol Corporation

Peter Chang

Donald W Duda

Darrin J Bergman

Philip W Schofield

A fiber optic connector is provided for use in temporary repair of broken fiber optic cables. The connector comprises a ceramic plug having a front end and a rear end and a passageway extending through the plug with the passageway sized to snugly receive a buffer stripped optical fiber therethrough in a manner such that the fiber extends out the front end of the plug. The passageway has a size proximate the rear end thereof to permit a portion of buffer covered optical fiber to received therein and thus serves, at the narrow portion of the passageway, as a stop limiting the amount of forward movement of the fiber. A plug support serves to support the rear end of the ceramic plug and includes a passageway coextensive with the plug passageway. The wall surfaces of the passageway are such that they cooperate with a chuck which is attached to the plug support which has clamping fingers such that when the clamping fingers engage the wall surface, they serve to close down upon a buffer covered fiber to securely hold the buffer covered fiber within the connector.

Fiber optic connector for use in temporary repair of multiple fiber cable

The invention relates to a system for field restoration of severed fiber optic cables containing multiple optical fiber conductors therein. The system includes two hermetically sealable restoration connector containers having lids to permit access to the interior thereof. The containers are interconnected by at least one fiber optic cable containing multiple optical fibers extending therein with each fiber of the cable terminated by respective fiber optic connectors which are mounted on adapters in a panel in the respective containers for interconnection to temporary connectors used in field restoration. A plurality of temporary connectors are arranged within the respective containers and each container includes a hermetically sealable opening for passing a severed cable with the fiber ends extending therefrom into the container or by the individual fibers can be rapidly terminated by the temporary connectors and the ends projecting from the temporary connectors flush cleave with the end face thereof. The temporary connectors can then be interconnected to the adapters on the panel to is corresponding permanent connector and fiber connecting to the other restoration container.

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Lisle, IL, United States of America

Peter Chang