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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Optical Cable Corporation, Roanoke, VA (US);
Teddy W. Leonard, Wirtz, VA (US);
Neil D. Wilkin, Jr., Roanoke, VA (US);
OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION, Roanoke, VA (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector for use with a fiber optic network having at least one predetermined operating wavelength is provided. First housing contains at least one optical fiber. The optical fiber has a free end forming a physical contact. The physical contact is coated with a protective film. The optical thickness of the protective film is at least 0.10 of the operating wavelength of the fiber optic network. Preferably, the physical contact is thermally shaped. Also preferably, the optical fiber is attached to a quick connect device forming a termini. The physical contact of the optical fiber can be readily coated with the protective film by placing the termini in a vacuum chamber.