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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Tomasz Andrzejewski, Zgierz, PL;
Bert Zamzow, Stockdorf, DE;
Tomasz Andrzejewski, Zgierz, PL;
Bert Zamzow, Stockdorf, DE;
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for fastening a fiber optic connector to a fiber optic cable including providing a fiber optic cable having at least one optical fiber, loose yarn serving as strength members and an outer cable sheath surrounding the loose yarn and optical fiber; providing a fiber optic connector having at least two recesses into which strength members of a fiber optic cable can be inserted; removing a portion of the outer cable sheath at an end of the fiber optic cable, thereby exposing a portion of the loose yarn at the end of the fiber optic cable; splitting the exposed portion of the loose yarn into at least two bundles; forming at least two yarn pins from the bundles; and inserting each yarn pin into a respective recess of the fiber optic connector and fastening using an adhesive. Also disclosed is the cable assembly made by the method.