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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1989
Edwin R Newell, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Square D Company, Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
A fiber to fiber connection comprising a first optical fiber end, a second optical fiber end, and a connector housing. The connector housing has a connection chamber, a first fiber inlet passage which communicates with the connection chamber and which snugly but slidably receives the first fiber end, and a second fiber inlet passage which communicates with the connection chamber and which slidably receives the second fiber end. The fiber to fiber connection further comprises a shuttle slidably received within the connection chamber and movable between a first fiber connecting position and a second position. The shuttle has a fiber receiving end, and a connection end housing the second fiber end and snugly but slidably received within the first fiber inlet passage so that the second fiber end faces the first fiber end. The fiber to fiber connection further comprises a spring for biasing the shuttle toward the first fiber inlet passage from the first fiber connecting position to the second position. The fiber to fiber connection further comprises a slot and clamp for fixing the first fiber end within the first fiber inlet passage with the first fiber end adjacent the shuttle connection end and with the shuttle held by the first fiber end in the first fiber connecting position so that the first fiber end is held in compression against the second fiber end.