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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1992
Daniel R Collins, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Thomas R Fawcett, Jr, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A cable termination member (10) having improved strain relief features for isolating optical fiber members (21,22) in a terminated optical fiber cable (20) from external stresses. The cable termination member (10) is adapted to terminate an optical fiber cable (20) which includes at least one optical fiber member (21), a load bearing member around the at least one optical fiber member (23) and an outer jacket (24) surrounding the load bearing member (23), and includes a first outer crimp means (38) having a bore for receiving an end of an optical fiber cable (20), a second outer crimp means (39) crimped to the first outer crimp means (38) with an exposed portion of the load bearing member (23) crimped therebetween, and an inner crimp member (41) positioned in the cable (20) between the at least one optical fiber member (21) and the load bearing member (23) and within the first and second outer crimp means (38,39) for securing the cable jacket (24) between the first outer crimp means (38) and the inner crimp member (41). The inner crimp ring or eyelet (41) of the present invention firmly secures both the load bearing member (23) and the jacket (24) of the cable (20) to the termination member (10) to provide improved strain relief for protecting optical fiber members (21,22) within the cable (20) against external stresses.