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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randolph Frank Wojcik, Yorktown, VA (US);
Stanislaw Majewski, Grafton, VA (US);
Carl John Zorn, Yorktown, VA (US);
Assignee:
Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Newport News, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385125 ; 385147 ;
Abstract
A termination for a light guide having optical cladding tubing and a liquid core includes a volumetric change device configured to allow fluid flow out of the tubing whenever the liquid core expands and to allow fluid flow into the tubing whenever the liquid core contracts, an end plug fixed to the tubing to retain the liquid in the liquid core within the tubing and the end piece and a crimping piece for holding the end plug in place.