Patent ID: 7435012
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A ferrule connectable to a fiber optic cable having an exposed portion of a length of optical fiber extending from a protective buffer, comprising: an elongated body having a substantially hollow longitudinally extending cylindrical interior open at a proximal end of said body and being adapted in size to receive an end portion of a length of the buffer; said body also including an optical fiber bore coaxial with said hollow interior and extending longitudinally through a distal end portion of said body, said bore sized to slidably receive the optical fiber passing therethrough and extend longitudinally from a distal end face of said body; said distal end portion being reduced in outer diameter; said distal end portion being mechanically inwardly deformable to frictionally engage the optical fiber within said bore, substantially the entire said distal end face being conically shaped having a cone angle such that, when said distal end portion is deformed, said distal end face is deformed into a substantially flat surface whereby a projecting length of the optical fiber extending beyond said distal end face may be cleaved in very close proximity to said distal end face.