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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Corning Cable Systems Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Darrin Max Miller, Hickory, NC (US);
Dennis Craig Morrison, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Kipp David Yeakel, Waverly, NY (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Thermal removal of optical fiber coatings by insertion through heated ferrules to form ferrule assemblies for fiber optic connectors, and related assemblies are disclosed. An optical fiber includes a glass fiber, having a cladding and core, surrounded by a protective coating. By removing the coating at an end portion of the optical fiber, the end portion may be precisely positioned and secured within a ferrule to enable reliable optical communications. The coating may be thermally removed, or substantially thermally removed, by inserting the optical fiber through a rear opening of the ferrule which has been heated above a temperature sufficient to change the coating to a non-solid state. In this manner, the coating may be efficiently removed from the end portion of the optical fiber while being inserted into the ferrule bore of the ferrule to enable efficient forming of a ferrule assembly for a fiber optic connector.