Patent · US Expired

Fiber bundle termination

US4264129A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
5References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1978
Grant dateApr 28, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 17, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2907
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an optics cable including a plurality of optically transmissive fibers with the portions adjacent the terminal ends thereof clad with a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and a fluoroplastic. The copolymer contains a minor proportion of a coupling agent which permits bonding of the clad fiber ends together and to terminal hardware so that the ends of the fibers are rigidly secured in a fixed relationship with each other and the terminal hardware.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.