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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2001
Dean Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
Jack S. McLaren, San Pedro, CA (US);
David M. Hernandez, Torrance, CA (US);
Michelle M. Hazard, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Sonny D. Le, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Christian L. Marquez, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A cold welding technique for securing a fiber optic cable ( ) to a ferrule ( ). The fiber optic cable ( ) is inserted into a sleeve ( ). The fiber cable and sleeve assembly is then slid into a sleeve bore ( ) through one end of the ferrule ( ) so that the fiber ( ) extends out of an opposite end ( ) of the ferrule ( ). The sleeve ( ) is then retracted from the ferrule ( ). A cold electroplating process is performed so that a layer ( ) of a suitable plating material is deposited over the end ( ) of the ferrule ( ) through which the fiber ( ) extends so that the fiber cable ( ) is held within the ferrule ( ) and the ferrule opening is hermetically sealed. The sleeve ( ) is then slid back into the ferrule ( ) and is soldered to the ferrule to hold it in the desired location.