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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman R. Lampert, Norcross, GA (US);
Wayne Lloyd Lewis, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fitel USA Corp., Norcross, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A tunable optical fiber connector has a barrel assembly within a housing in which a tubular member has mounted thereon a nut in a light press fit. The tubular member has a ferrule extending from the front thereof and, in a preferred embodiment, notches in its end for use with a tuning wrench. The outer dimensions of the nut are chosen to minimize float between the nut and the cavity that contains the nut within the housing. The connector is first roughly turned by rotation of the nut and tubular member together, and then precisely tuned by rotation of the tubular member relative to the nut.