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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2010
Kenneth Allen Skluzacek, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Wagner Da Silva Aguiar, Brunswick, NY (US);
Jarrod Scadden, Hopkins, MN (US);
Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US);
Kenneth Allen Skluzacek, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Wagner Da Silva Aguiar, Brunswick, NY (US);
Jarrod Scadden, Hopkins, MN (US);
Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a connector and a carrier engaged therewith. Connector has a first mating end and a second end and a first fiber. The fiber defines a first end adjacent the mating end and a second end protruding from the connector second end. Carrier has a connector end and an opposite cable end and includes a heat activated meltable portion adjacent the cable end. An alignment structure is on the carrier and includes first and second ends, and a throughhole. The first end of the alignment structure receives the second end of the first fiber and the second end receives an end of a second fiber entering the carrier. The heat activated portion melts and assumes a flowable condition when exposed to a predetermined amount of heat and resolidifies when heat is removed, bonding the second fiber to the carrier after the first and second fibers are aligned.