Patent ID: 8861920
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber holder for holding a coated optical fiber of an optical fiber cord, the optical fiber cord also including high strength fibers and a cord jacket that surrounds the coated optical fiber and the high strength fibers, the optical fiber holder comprising: a holder main body including a fiber receiving groove configured to receive an exposed section of the coated optical fiber extending out of the optical fiber cord, with a section of the cord jacket of the optical fiber cord removed from a tip of the optical fiber cord; a cord holding base including a first cord receiving groove configured to receive the cord jacket of the optical fiber cord; a cord holding cover attached to the holder main body to move between an open position and a closed position, the cord holding cover including a second receiving groove that cooperates with the first cord receiving groove to define an insertion through hole into which the optical fiber cord is inserted with the cord holding cover in the closed position; and a fiber pressing cover attached to the holder main body to move between an open position and a closed position, such that the fiber pressing cover presses the coated optical fiber against the fiber receiving groove of the holder main body with the fiber pressing cover in the closed position and the coated optical fiber is located in the fiber receiving groove, wherein the insertion through hole is shaped and dimensioned such that exposed sections of the high strength fibers are bent back to extend along an outer surface of the optical fiber cord as the optical fiber cord and the exposed section of the coated optical fiber are inserted into the insertion through hole, with the exposed sections of the high strength fibers further coming into contact with the first cord receiving groove of the holder main body and the second receiving groove of the cord holding cover with the cord holding cover in the closed position.