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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Belden Canada Inc., Saint Laurent, QC, CA;
Inventors:
Bruno Chabot, Montreal, CA;
David Hubbard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Belden Canada Inc., Saint-Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2551 (2013.01); G02B 6/2558 (2013.01); G02B 6/3846 (2013.01); G02B 6/3887 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01); G02B 6/3894 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector comprising a fusion assembly for strengthening a splice point. The fusion assembly comprises an elongate mechanical support positioned adjacent the splice point and snugly encased by a flexible tube. In one embodiment, a meltable adhesive in the form of a hollow tube is positioned over the splice point and the flexible tube comprises a heat shrinkable material. In another embodiment, the mechanical support is an elongate plate having a concave surface positioned adjacent the splice point and a C shaped cross section.