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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Ted Lichoulas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Monroe, Greenbrier, AR (US);
Don Bullman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Douglas Duke, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Ted Lichoulas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Kevin Monroe, Greenbrier, AR (US);
Don Bullman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Douglas Duke, Simpsonville, SC (US);
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
Provided is a spliced-on connector system which includes a connector body, an incoming fiber which is spliced to the connector body, a splice sleeve which covers a splice point at which the incoming fiber is spliced to the connector body, and an extender tube which covers the splice sleeve. Also provided is a method of producing the spliced-on connector system; a holder including a depression which holds a connector body in a position in which the connector body is spliced to an incoming fiber, the holder being disposed inside a splicer which splices the connector body to the incoming fiber; and a splicer including a tube heater which heat-shrinks a splice sleeve over a splice point at which a connector body is spliced to an incoming fiber, the tube heater accommodating the connector holder which holds the connector body.