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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2010
Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Inamn, SC (US);
Daiichiro Tanaka, Greer, SC (US);
Lalitkumar Bansal, Greenville, SC (US);
Ted Lichoulas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lawrence Srutkowski, Florence, SC (US);
Chandraika (John) Sugrim, Inamn, SC (US);
Daiichiro Tanaka, Greer, SC (US);
Lalitkumar Bansal, Greenville, SC (US);
Ted Lichoulas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lawrence Srutkowski, Florence, SC (US);
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
A ferrule structure including a ferrule having an end face shape configured to incorporate at least a portion of a lens attached to an end of an optical fiber. The end face includes a cavity in which a circumference of the cavity is equal to or less than the outer diameter of the ferrule and larger than in inner diameter of an opening in the ferrule housing an optical fiber.