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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Charles Flaig, Lancaster, PA (US);
Dwight A. Bretz, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Randall Bobby Paul, Elizabethville, PA (US);
Michael Lawerence Gurreri, York, PA (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for positioning an optical fiber having an end portion within an alignment groove of an alignment device includes orienting the optical fiber in the alignment groove of the alignment device; causing the optical fiber to elastically flex; using an interference point to assist in forming a curved profile of the flexed fiber, and using inherent elasticity of the flexed optical fiber to assist in retaining the end portion of the optical fiber in contact with the alignment groove. A connection system includes a connector, alignment device, and adapter, with an interference point on at least one of the connector, alignment device, or adapter.