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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1990
Robert G Poli, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert A Gutcheck, Bothell, WA (US);
V Stanton Thomas, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerald G Vurek, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for aligning first and second optical fibers of a fiber optic connector at a fiber interface wherein the first optical fiber has a beveled angle end face and the second optical fiber a complementary beveled angle end face, the method including the step of abutting the respective fiber end faces at an angle at the interface, cooperatively engaging a vertical reference surface associated with the first optical fiber with a vertical reference nodule associated with the second optical fiber to align the respective fiber end faces at a vertical aligned position for the connector. Respective horizontal reference surfaces associated with the first optical fiber are also cooperatively engaged with a horizontal reference node and a compressible crush rib associated with the second optical fiber to align the respective fiber end faces at a horizontal aligned position for the connector. The method also holds the respective fiber end faces in suitable connector members in abutting and full engagement at the fiber interface, within a connector enclosure, in a fixed aligned position, in which the vertical aligned position is coincident with the horizontal aligned position for the optical fibers of the connector.