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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Jeffrey M. Stupar, West Dundee, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable connector coupling medium disposable in an axial bore of a connector sleeve member for coupling a fiber optic cable end portion to a light transmitting conductor member. The coupling medium has a resilient generally disk shaped portion having first and second convex end portions engageable with a corresponding one of the fiber optic cable end portion and conductor member in the axial bore of a sleeve member. The coupling medium has good optical clarity, low hardness and tackiness to provide an improved light transmission coupling. The coupling medium is also relatively thin and has substantially the same refractive index as a fiber optic cable end portion and a conductor member between which the coupling medium is disposed.