Patent ID: 6773166
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An apparatus for use within a commercial fiber optic connector comprising:a first high precision slice having multiple holes of a first area and a first alignment opening; a second high precision slice having multiple holes of a second area and a second alignment opening; the first high precision slice abutting the second high precision slice to form a first unit; a third high precision slice having multiple holes and a third alignment opening, optical fibers extending between the holes in the first unit and the multiple holes in the third high precision piece, a separator, separating the first unit from the third high precision slice, the holes of the first high precision slice being arranged relative to the first alignment opening so that, when the second high precision slice and the first high precision slice are juxtaposed with one another and the first alignment opening and the second alignment opening of each are aligned, the holes of the first high precision slice and the holes of the second high precision slice will be offset relative to each other and define openings having areas each less than a smaller of the first area and second area defining the opening and closely constraining the optical fibers inserted therethrough, the optical fibers are constrained by the first unit.