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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventor:
Steven Joseph Gregorski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); B26F 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
Lengths of an optical fiber may be broken apart from one another while a cross-sectional region of the optical fiber is in a state of multi-axial compressive stress, and the multi-axial compressive stress extends across the optical fiber. The breaking can include propagating a crack across the optical fiber. The crack can be positioned in sufficiently close proximity to the cross-sectional region so that the multi-axial compressive stress restricts the crack from penetrating the cross-sectional region. At least a portion of the optical fiber may be in tension during the breaking.