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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas T Stancati, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Peter Garner, Flemington, NJ (US);
Kevin S Gordon, Sergeantsville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 350 9620 ;
Abstract
In terminating an optical element, such as an optical fiber, a housing includes an entry aperture for the fiber and terminating apparatus defining mutually discontinuous surfaces in abutting relation to the fiber end face, the surfaces being spaced from one another in a circular locus having a diameter not greater than the diameter of the fiber.