Protective package for an optical fiber splice

US4254865A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

• Grant K. Pacey · Ottawa, CA
• Ronald F. Hughes · Ottawa, CA
• William P. Trumble · Gatineau, CA
• Helmut H. Lukas · Carleton Place, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 1979
• Grant date: Mar 10, 1981
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S206/813
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A protective package for an optical fiber splice comprises two elongate plastic members, each having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on a front face. Elongate grooves are formed at each end of each member. The grooves are dimensioned so as to be a close fit over the uncoated portions of spliced fibers and intervening adhesive material, with the members in face-to-face assembly. The members may be hingedly connected by the adhesive layer or by a thin deformable hinge portion. A further groove may connect the end grooves, being of a dimension to fit firmly over the uncoated end portions of spliced fibers.