Optical cable for avionics applications, method of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
US9964711B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3874
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an optical cable connection comprising a buffer sleeve having an inner portion and an outer portion; where the inner portion comprises an optical core that is operative to transmit light; and a tight buffer layer disposed on the core; where the buffer sleeve is trimmed back at its end to provide an exposed protruding length of the tight buffer layer with the core included therein; where the outer portion of the buffer sleeve is configured to form a socket that is operative to receive a connector ferrule; where the connector ferrule comprises; an annular tubular plug having a center opening; where the annular tubular plug mates with the socket formed in the outer portion of the buffer sleeve; a ferrule seated in the plug; where the ferrule receives the exposed protruding length of the tight buffer layer that extends axially outwardly from the buffer sleeve into the center opening of the ferrule.
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