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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Timothy S. Cline, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
Timothy S. Cline, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector that employs an optical fiber guide member, and a cable assembly that uses the connector are disclosed. The connector has a connector housing formed by mateable sections. The connector housing defines a housing passage having opposite connector-end and channel-end portions that define respective connector-end and channel-end passages, with the channel-end portion configured to be arranged adjacent the end of a fiber optic cable. An optical fiber guide member is disposed in the channel-end passage and has a first transition end that faces the connector-end passage. The optical fiber guide member has a conduit configured to loosely confine and guide the optical fibers to the connector-end passage. Connector sub-assemblies can be operably supported at the connector-end portion supporting end portions of the optical fiber.