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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2002
Jon A. Lutzen, Manchester, CT (US);
Rudolph A. Montgelas, West Hartford, CT (US);
Alan C. Miller, Madison, CT (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Orange, CT (US);
Abstract
A strain relief connector for a fiber optic cable has an optical fiber enclosed within a cover having an outer diameter. A relatively long sleeve surrounds the cover and has an inner surface at an inner diameter, the inner diameter being substantially larger than the outer diameter of the cover. Portions of the sleeve and the fiber optic cable are compressed by a die, forming compressed portions having widths substantially larger than their heights and causing the inner surface of the sleeve to frictionally engage the outer surface of the cover layer and the inner surface of the cover to fictionally engage the outer surface of the optical fiber enclosed therein. The length of the sleeve and the configuration of the compressed portion allow a relatively high area of frictional resistance between the buffer layer and the sleeve.