Patent ID: 6517255
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a jacket; a plastic optical fiber having first and second end portions and being positioned within the jacket with said first end portion being free of said jacket; and a ferrule having a stop and being positioned about the first and second end portions with said ferrule in intimate forcible contact with and about said plastic optical fiber first end portion over an axially measured length of said ferrule in a range of about 1 to about 3 times the diameter of said plastic optical fiber and defining a connector, the terminal end of said ferrule and associated plastic optical fiber first end portion being free of adhesive and machined to a planar surface oriented 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of said ferrule and plastic optical fiber first end portion, said ferrule stop being a controlled preselected distance from said machined terminal end.