Patent ID: 6249637
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A holding configuration, comprising:a fixing compound;a receptacle for receiving said fixing compound, said receptacle having an inlet opening for receiving an end of an optical fiber channel stripped to expose an optical fiber conductor, and said receptacle having an outlet opening through which the optical fiber conductor emerges with radial freedom of movement and free of said fixing compound fixing a section of the optical fiber conductor; anda spreading body at least partially inserted into an end of a channel sheath of the optical fiber channel, said spreading body defining a through-channel expanded from a first channel section closely surrounding the optical fiber conductor to a second channel section opening into said outlet opening, said second channel section having a cross section of at least twice that of a cross section of the optical fiber conductor for maintaining said fixing compound in said second channel section substantially free of capillary forces.