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Fiber optic cable connector

US9423576B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jorg Bieber · Darmstadt, DE
Joachim Hahn · Oberursel, DE
Wolfgang Mueller · Lustenau, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2008
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3863
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a fiber optic cable connector (1), the fiber optic cable contact (1) having a hot forming zone (100) at a free longitudinal end portion (10) and, at a portion (11) of the fiber optic cable contact (1) remote from the hot forming zone (100), a thermal barrier zone (110), the thermal barrier zone (110) being configured in such a way that it prevents heat from passing from the hot forming zone (100) into a portion of the fiber optic cable contact (1) on the other side of the thermal barrier zone (110).

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