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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Joseph Aloisio, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ray R. Cammons, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Fitel USA Corp., Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 1/100 ;
Abstract
The specification describes a connector for joining optical elements, especially optical fibers. The connector is a sleeve made of a Simple Shaped Memory Polymer (SSMP) into which the optical fiber is inserted and the sleeve heated to collapse the sleeve around the optical fiber. The SSMP materials are not crosslinked and can be manufactured by a variety of techniques including extrusion. Various methods for forming the bore of the connector and expanding the size of the bore from the memory state to the metastable state are described.