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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Kheng Hwa Seng, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Inventor:
Kheng Hwa Seng, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3863 (2013.01); G02B 6/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for assembling a fiber optic connector that includes heating an end of a cleaved fiber, inserting the end of the cleaved fiber into a ferrule until the end protrudes from the ferrule, wherein a first portion of the heated end protrudes from the ferrule and a second portion of the heated end remains in the ferrule, fixing the fiber in place in the ferrule, and polishing the end of the cleaved fiber.