Patent ID: 9703040
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A method of terminating a factory optical fiber to a field optical fiber comprising: terminating the factory optical fiber to the fiber optic connector with an end of the factory optical fiber protruding from the fiber optic connector; providing an alignment structure adjacent the fiber optic connector, the alignment structure including a first end and a second end and a throughhole extending from the first end to the second end, the alignment structure including a cutaway portion extending generally perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole; inserting the factory optical fiber protruding from the fiber optic connector into the throughhole of the alignment structure from the first end with the end of the factory optical fiber positioned within the cutaway portion of the alignment structure; inserting the field optical fiber into the throughhole of the alignment structure from the second end of the alignment structure; abutting an end of the field optical fiber with the end of the factory optical fiber within the throughhole of the alignment structure; providing a window within the cutaway portion of the alignment structure over the ends of the factory and field optical fibers for visually inspecting an alignment of the optical fibers; and securing the factory optical fiber to the field optical fiber.