A Fiber-Optic Connector.

Abstract

There is presented a fiber-optic connector and a method of making same. The connector comprises a plurality of ferrules, each of the ferrules having extending centrally therethrough a single optical fiber. The connector further includes structure abutting at least a portion of the ferrules for exercising a radially compressive force on the ferrules for urging the ferrules into a configuration in which said bodies are co-parallel and nested so as to form a stable bundle which in transverse section is substantially axisymmetrical, and retaining the ferrules in the configuration. The connector still further includes alignment structure for angular positioning of said bodies in said connector in said transverse section about a nominal longitudinal axis of said bundle for registry of the connector with a second connector of complementary configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 25, 1994
Accession Number
ADD017424

Entities

People

  • Gregory H. Ames
  • Roger L. Morency

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Assembly
  • Bodies
  • Connectors
  • Construction
  • Cylindrical Bodies
  • Diameters
  • Fibers
  • High Reliability
  • Inventions
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Precision
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.