Patent ID: 6742936
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method of making a population of intermatable ferrules, each of the ferrules being mounted on an optical fiber, and each ferrule having an outer surface and defining a longitudinal bore, comprising the steps of:selecting from a first set of ferrules a second set of ferrules each having an inner diameter within a predetermined range of inner diameters and an eccentricity of the bore relative to the outer surface of about one-half the difference between the mean of the range of inner diameters and the diameter of the optical fiber; providing an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the ferrule; and positioning an optical fiber in the bore of each of the second set of ferrules on the basis of the eccentricity so the optical fiber is generally concentric relative to the outer surface of the ferrule.