Patent ID: 8801300
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic cable end fixture for securing an end of a fiber optic cable, the fiber optic cable comprising: an optical fiber section; tension fibers enclosing the optical fiber; and a jacket covering the tension fibers, the fixture comprising: a joint member; a swaging member; and a fastening member, wherein the joint member has a cylindrical shape in which a through hole that allows insertion of the optical fiber section is formed, the joint member having: wherein the swaging member has a ring shape and is fitted to the cylindrical section which is covered with the jacket and the tension fibers, wherein the fastening member has a cylindrical shape and has a female screw at one end of an inner peripheral surface thereof so as to be screw-engaged with the male screw along which the end portions of the tension fibers are laid, and wherein a tapered surface for swaging the swaging member is formed on at least one of the other end the inner peripheral surface of the fastening member or an outer peripheral surface of the swaging member.