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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Louis Kidd, Stow, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 84 ; 385 87 ; 385 92 ; 385 94 ;
Abstract
A connection system includes a connector plug for fiber optic cables. The connector plug has a subassembly comprising a ferrule and a seal sleeve that are attached to a fiber optic cable by one or two crimp rings. One crimp ring fits around an extension of the seal sleeve that fits over a collar of the ferrule. A second connector for fiber optic cables has a subassembly comprising a ferrule and a coil spring that are attached to a fiber optic cable by an attachment member that engages the coil spring at one end and is crimped to the fiber optic cable at the other end.