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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
John Trezza, Nashua, NH (US);
Keith Kang, Hollis, NH (US);
Greg Dudoff, Amherst, NH (US);
Ronald Olson, Amherst, NH (US);
John Trezza, Nashua, NH (US);
Keith Kang, Hollis, NH (US);
Greg Dudoff, Amherst, NH (US);
Ronald Olson, Amherst, NH (US);
Cubic Wafer, Inc., Merrimack, NH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to accurately hold an optical fiber within a commercial fiber optic connector. The connector has a first high precision slice having multiple holes of a first area and a first alignment opening and a second high precision slice having multiple holes of a second area and a second alignment opening. The holes of the first high precision slice are arranged relative to the first alignment opening so that, when the second high precision slice and the first high precision slice are juxtaposed with one another and the first alignment opening and the second alignment opening are aligned, the holes of the first high precision slice and the holes of the second high precision slice will be offset relative to each other and will define an opening having an area less than a smaller of the first area and second area. The opening is capable of closely constraining an optical fiber inserted therethrough. A method of making a fiber optic connector adapted to receive a fiber bearing unit involves coupling at least two high precision pieces, having misaligned holes relative to each other, together coupling the at least two high precision pieces to a low precision piece to form a unit, inserting optical fibers into the unit, terminating the fibers in the holes, and housing the unit within a fiber optic connector housing.