| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5274903 |
Crimping tool system for optical fiber cables |
January 4, 1994 |
| A crimping tool system is provided for compressing a connector component onto an optical fiber cable, wherein the component includes an open end into which the cable is inserted. A tool includes a pair of jaws relatively movable toward and away from each other. Each jaw includes a fi |
| 5195352 |
Crimping tool system for optical fiber cables |
March 23, 1993 |
| A crimping tool system is provided for compressing a connector component onto an optical fiber cable, wherein the component includes an open end into which the cable is inserted. A tool includes a pair of jaws relatively movable toward and away from each other. Each jaw includes a fi |
| 5155900 |
Hand tool for assembling a fiber optic connector |
October 20, 1992 |
| A hand tool is provided for facilitating assembly of a fiber optic connector which includes a body, a forwardly projecting fiber ferrule and a backshell member. The tool includes a base with a forward upstanding portion for receiving and positioning the fiber ferrule and a rearward u |
| 5140779 |
Optical fiber polishing tool |
August 25, 1992 |
| A polishing tool is provided for polishing the end faces of optical fibers encapsulated within connectors which terminate the optical fibers. The tool includes a housing which has a forward surface and spaced passageways extending thereinto from the forward surface for receiving a pair o |
| 5074021 |
Tool to facilitate loading an optical fiber in a connector component |
December 24, 1991 |
| A manually manipulatable tool is disclosed to facilitate loading an optical fiber in a connector component. The tool includes a base for holding a fiber optic cable with an optical fiber projecting therefrom stripped of its jacket. A carriage holds the connector component in a position f |
| 5063672 |
Hand-held tool for scoring and severing an optical fiber |
November 12, 1991 |
| A hand-held tool is provided for scoring and severing an optical fiber. An elongate, generally hollow body has a longitudinal axis extending lengthwise thereof and defines a graspable handle for the tool. A plunger is reciprocally mounted in the hollow body for movement in a path gen |
| 5062683 |
Strain relief connector for optical fiber |
November 5, 1991 |
| An optical fiber connector for terminating and providing strain relief on an optical fiber cable having an inner fiber, an outer jacket and longitudinal strength material therebetween. A housing has a rear input end into which the fiber, stripped of the outer jacket, extends, along w |
| 4842363 |
Fiber optic connector, tool for assembling fiber optic connector and method of assembling fiber |
June 27, 1989 |
| This invention relates to an improvement in a fiber optic connector of the type having a main body to which is secured a ceramic ferrule. The improvement resides in that the mating ferrule is a ceramic ferrule arranged in a press-fit engagement within the recess such that the ferrule |
| 4715251 |
Fiber optic cable preparation tool and method of preparing fiber optic cable for termination wit |
December 29, 1987 |
| A tool for preparing a fiber optic cable for termination with a fiber optic connector. The cable is of the type having a concentric arrangement, from the exterior of the center thereof, an outer protective cover, a layer of strength members and a buffer layered cover fiber. A longitudina |
| 4705352 |
Fiber optic connector |
November 10, 1987 |
| A fiber optic connector is provided for coupling a fiber optic cable. The connector includes a two part clamp body having a V groove therethrough defining a passage. The passage is of two different sizes to securely hold the fiber of a cable and the fiber covered with buffer layer of a c |
| 4687288 |
Fiber optic connector with temperature compensating mechanism |
August 18, 1987 |
| A fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly for connecting a fiber optic cable thereto. The connector assembly includes an arrangement whereby the cable can be crimped and attached to the connector without crimping force being exerted on the buffer layer of the cable. The c |
| 4684205 |
Fiber optic connector with compensating mechanism |
August 4, 1987 |
| A fiber optic connector includes a connector assembly for connecting a fiber optic cable thereto. The connector assembly includes an arrangement whereby the cable can be crimped and attached to the connector without crimping force being exerted on the buffer layer of the cable. The c |
| 4515434 |
Fiber optic connector |
May 7, 1985 |
| A fiber optic connector is disclosed for optically coupling a pair of fiber optic cables or a single fiber optic cable and a light source or detector. A terminal member includes a pair of identical matching halves defining a through hole extending axially therethrough. The through hole h |
| 4449784 |
Hybrid optical/electrical connector |
May 22, 1984 |
| A connector concurrently connects electrical conductors and optical fibers terminated in the connector to electrical conductors and optical fibers respectively terminated in an array of electrical contacts and optical fiber connecting elements, such as in a similar connector. The connect |
| 4448481 |
Fiber optic clamp |
May 15, 1984 |
| An optical fiber clamp comprises two clamping portions with rounded fiber clamping surfaces for clamping an optical fiber therebetween. Each clamping portion includes a semicylindrical projection which extends normal to the axis of the clamped fiber and is complimentary to the projec |
| 4445750 |
Articulating fiber optic connectors with resilient mounting block |
May 1, 1984 |
| A fiber optic connector includes a housing having a mating end for intermating with an array containing optical fibers, for example a second fiber optic connector. A fiber clamp for holding an optical fiber is mounted in a mounting block with the combination movable toward and away f |
