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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Jeffrey M. Lloyd, San Diego, CA (US);
Brandon J. Wiedemeier, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Lloyd, San Diego, CA (US);
Brandon J. Wiedemeier, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A portable splicer for an optical fiber can include a first case half and second case half with respective exterior and interior surfaces, which can be hingedly attached to define a case having an interior case surface. At least two clamps for receiving the cable to be spliced and a fuser can be attached to the interior case surface. A deployed configuration for the splice can be established, wherein the first exterior and second exterior surfaces are co-planar. In the deployed configuration, the fuser is located between the two clamps and the fuser and clamps are substantially co-planar. A first channel can be formed in the first exterior surface and a second channel can be formed in the second exterior surface. A bar can be slidably disposed within one of the channels, and can be extended into the other channel to thereby fix the case halves in the deployed configuration.