Patent ID: 6353698
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A bushing for securing the position of the protective jacket of a jacketed fiber with respect to a component, said bushing comprising:an elastomeric structure having a first end, a second end, first and second substantially flat sides, and a jacketed fiber receiving surface; a first flange attached to said first side of said elastomeric structure, said first flange being dimensioned and arrayed to engage a corresponding first cavity within said component; a second flange attached to said second side of said elastomeric structure, said second flange being dimensioned and arrayed to engage a corresponding second cavity within said component; said elastomeric structure defines one generally cylindrical internal pathway from said first end to said second end, said internal pathway having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the jacketed fiber and running approximately along the centerline of said elastomeric structure from said first end to said second end; and said elastomeric structure defines a channel from said internal pathway to said jacketed fiber receiving surface, said channel extending along substantially the entire length of said internal pathway.