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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy Marshall Manning, New Cumberland, PA (US);
Thomas Ralph Fawcett, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic ferrule comprises a precision ferrule capillary (,) and a ferrule base (,). The ferrule capillary (,) has a polygonal collar (,). The ferrule base (,) is molded over the collar (,). The ferrule base (,) and the collar (,) cooperate to resist rotational and axial displacement of the ferrule capillary relative to the ferrule base (,).