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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Adc Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Ott, Hudson, WI (US);
Thomas P. Huegerich, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Steven C. Zimmel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ponharith Nhep, Savage, MN (US);
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3846 (2013.01); G02B 6/2551 (2013.01); G02B 6/381 (2013.01); G02B 6/387 (2013.01); G02B 6/3821 (2013.01); G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3851 (2013.01); G02B 6/3871 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); B29D 11/0075 (2013.01); G02B 6/3865 (2013.01); G02B 6/3887 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49194 (2015.01);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable and connector assembly including a fiber optic connector mounted at the end of a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic connector includes a ferrule assembly including a stub fiber supported within a ferrule. The stub fiber is fusion spliced to an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable at a location within the fiber optic connector.