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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Edward John Fewkes, Corning, NY (US);
John Paul Krug, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ziwei Liu, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of securing an optical fiber to a ferrule includes: heating an adhesive composition that is disposed within the ferrule to melt the adhesive composition; inserting the optical fiber into a fiber-receiving passage defining an inner surface of the ferrule and into contact with the melted adhesive composition; and cooling the melted adhesive composition. The adhesive composition is a solid material disposed within the fiber-receiving passage of the ferrule and in contact with the inner surface of the ferrule prior to the heating step. Additionally, the adhesive composition comprises a partially cross-linked resin and a coupling agent that covalently bonds the partially cross-linked resin to respective inorganic surfaces of the optical fiber and the ferrule following the cooling step.