Patent ID: 9158075
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic connector, comprising: a ferrule having a bore, the bore extending from a rear of the ferrule to a front of the ferrule, wherein the bore is sized to receive an optical fiber and a buffer layer at a rear end face of the ferrule and at front end face of the ferrule to allow allowing the optical fiber and the buffer layer to extend from the rear end of the ferrule to the front end of the ferrule; and a housing; and a multi-mode glass optical fiber having core of at least 80 microns in diameter, a protective coating with a Young's modulus greater than 700 MPa and a thickness of 15 microns or less surrounding said core, a buffer layer with a shore D hardness of at least 60 surrounding said coating, wherein the optical fiber extends into the ferrule so that the optical fiber with the buffer layer thereon extends from the rear end of the ferrule to the front face of the ferrule through the length of the ferrule defined by the rear end face of the ferrule and the front end face of the ferrule, and no fiber portion situated inside said connector is stripped of the buffer layer.