Patent · US Expired

Preconnectorized optical splice closure

US5042901A · kind A · utility

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4Claims

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Assignee

Siecor Corporation · US

Inventors

James R. Merriken · Hudson, US
Rainer Zimmer · Breckerfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 1990
Grant date	Aug 27, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/44528
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A watertight fiber optic splice closure has a passage in an end wall which is closed by a plug. A preconnectorized optical connector sleeve is mounted to be accessible from the passage, so that an outside optical fiber may be connected to a drop fiber without dismantling the closure.

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