Patent ID: 9256031
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An optical cable assembly comprising: an optical cable having an end that extends a length, the optical cable including a plastic optical fiber (POP) and a buffer surrounding the POF along a portion of the length of the end of the optical cable, the length of the end of the optical cable comprising a buffer segment, along which the buffer surrounds the POF, and a POF segment along which the POF is exposed; and a terminus assembly terminating the end of the optical cable, the terminus assembly comprising a terminus body having a single bore extending between a mating end and a cable end of the terminus body, the bore defining a cable passage therethrough between the mating end and the cable end, the cable passage of the terminus body extending a length having a larger-diameter segment and a reduced-diameter segment that has a reduced diameter relative to the larger-diameter segment, the terminus body defining a crimp zone along the larger-diameter segment, at least a portion of the length of the end of the optical cable extending within the cable passage of the terminus body, the buffer segment of the end of the optical cable extending within the larger-diameter segment such that the terminus body surrounds the buffer of the optical cable at the crimp zone, the POF segment of the end of the optical cable extending within the reduced-diameter segment, wherein the terminus body is mechanically crimped over, in engagement with, the buffer of the optical cable at the crimp zone; wherein the terminus body defines crimp-formed depressions on an exterior surface of the terminus body along the crimp zone, the terminus body further including crimp-formed projections on an interior surface of the terminus body that defines the bore, the crimp-formed projections engaging and partially compressing the buffer of the optical cable at the crimp zone.