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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Essert, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Reliance Comm/Tec Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 86 ; 385 70 ;
Abstract
A strain relief is provided for use with a splice for optical fibers having a fiber channel for housing and guiding a buffered optical fiber. At least one section of the fiber channel has a diameter sufficient to accept the buffered optical fiber. The strain relief is located on this section of the fiber channel. The strain relief comprises a projection which is able to bite into a buffer on the optical fiber without causing compressive stress losses.