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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
William V Dower, Austin, TX (US);
Joel D Oxman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brian N Holmes, St. Paul, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector including a holder for one ore more optical cables, each optical cable having an optical fiber surrounded by strengthening fibers, both of which are surrounded by at least one polymeric coating layer. The cable is stripped in a layerwise manner such that an area of exposed fiber is succeeded by an area of exposed strengthening fibers, succeeded by an area of coated cable. A visible light curable adhesive is injected into the holder and cured by exposure to visible light for up to about 30 seconds, bonding the optical fiber layers and the holder into a unified structure.