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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Aleksandar Kolev Angelov, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Daniel Wesley Flemmens, York, PA (US);
Michael Fredrick Laub, Enola, PA (US);
Jason Thomas Chiota, Harrisburg, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A fiber gripper component includes a fiber receiving recess which extends from a first surface of the fiber gripper component toward a second surface of the fiber gripper component. The fiber receiving recess extends from a front face to a rear face. The fiber receiving recess has a fiber receiving surface which is positioned between the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of resilient fiber receiving grooves extend from the fiber receiving surface toward the second surface. The resilient fiber receiving grooves have a width which is less than an outer-diameter dimension of mating optical fibers to provide a press fit of the optical fibers into the resilient fiber receiving grooves. The fiber gripper component is molded with tolerances in the submicron range to maintain part functionality to allow automatable fiber assembly.