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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Randy Marshall Manning, Lemoyne, PA (US);
Michael Lawrence Gurreri, York, PA (US);
John Baker Breedis, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Randy Marshall Manning, Lemoyne, PA (US);
Michael Lawrence Gurreri, York, PA (US);
John Baker Breedis, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middleton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of qualifying a ferrule assembly as being adequate to make physical contact upon mating, the method comprising approving the ferrule assembly if an undercut of the ferrule assembly does not exceed a maximum allowable undercut based on ferrule deformation at a particular compressive load and apex offset.