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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1977
John A Makuch, Danbury, CT (US);
Bunker Ramo Corporation, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector pin assembly for concentrically aligning and terminating a fiber optical cable with respect to the outer dimension of the pin includes a tubular body having two ends, a longitudinal bore extending into one end of the body and a counter bore extending into the other end of the body. The counter bore has inner walls concentric with the outer dimension of the body and communicates with the longitudinal bore. A plurality of pin members of equal dimension are within the counter bore arranged in side-by-side relation for tangential contact with the inner walls of the counter bore, tangential contact with each other, and tangential contact with an optical fiber inserted into the central passageway defined by the pin members. As a result, the optical fiber is held by the pin members concentrically with respect to the outer dimension of the tubular body. Also disclosed is a method of terminating an optical fiber within a connector pin of the present invention and concentrically aligning the optical fiber with respect to the outer dimension of the pin.