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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:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1985
Vincent B Brown, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Sherman W McGrew, Chicago, IL (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector for fiber optical cable inluding a ductile metal sleeve, a portion of the fiber optical cable adjacent its end being positioned within the sleeve, with the end of the fiber optical cable projecting from a hole through the end of the sleeve. The portion of fiber optical cable adjacent its end is stripped of substantially all insulation and sheathing, while a resilient tubular insert surrounds such portion which is adjacent the cable end, the tubular insert in turn being positioned within the metal sleeve. The metal sleeve is crimped to hold the sleeve, tubular insert, and stripped adjacent end portion together in immovable relation. By means of this invention connectors may be placed on optical cable, capable of withstanding excessive cable retention, without the use of adhesives.