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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Jeffrey D. Danley, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert B. Elkins, Ii, Hickory, NC (US);
Kevin B. Sparks, Hickory, NC (US);
Jeffrey D. Danley, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert B. Elkins, II, Hickory, NC (US);
Kevin B. Sparks, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber connector includes a fiber alignment body including a continuous optical fiber guide channel extending therethrough. The continuous optical fiber guide channel has a lead-in channel portion, a lead-out channel portion and a turn portion that connects the lead-in channel portion and the lead-out channel portion. The fiber alignment body has a reflective surface formed of metal that receives light traveling from an optical fiber located within the lead-in channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel and reflects the light into the lead-out channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel.