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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Bryan Edwards, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Kenneth Hall, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
Robert Briggs, Newport, PA (US);
Shelly Buchter, East Berlin, PA (US);
Craig Kegerise, Middletown, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A duplex fiber optic splice has a fiber-receiving element, two clamping elements covering opposite faces of the fiber-receiving element, and a spring element. A bearing key may be inserted into a bearing channel in the fiber-receiving element and rotated resulting in resilient disengagement of each of said clamping faces from said fiber-receiving element face. The resilient disengagement of the clamping elements are independent of each other. The splice assembly may be used alone or in conjunction with an array ferrule, pre-terminated with a fiber stub, and a housing to provide an adhesiveless field terminable connector.