Patent ID: 8702322

Claim:
An optical fiber connector, comprising: a body having a first face and a second face; a fiber-receiving passage defined in the body, extending between a first opening formed in the first face and a second opening formed in the second face, the fiber receiving passage configured to receive an optical fiber, the passage comprising: a first passage section extending inwardly from the first face, the first passage section having a first width; a second passage section extending inwardly from the second face, the second passage section having a second width, wherein the second width is less than the first width; and a transition passage section located between the first passage section and the second passage section and having a variable width, wherein the variable width of the transition section decreases as the distance to the second face decreases; and a meltable adhesive composition located within the transition passage section, wherein the adhesive composition is configured to bind an optical fiber to an inner surface of the second passage following melting and solidification of the adhesive composition; wherein the transition passage section has a first end and a second end, wherein an inner end of the first passage section transitions into the first end of the transition passage section and the second end of the transition passage section transitions into an inner end of the second passage section; wherein the meltable adhesive composition is a solid material when the temperature of the body is less than 40 degrees C. and that extends between opposing inner surfaces of the transition passage section, such that an opening formed at the inner end of the of the second passage section is blocked by the meltable adhesive composition.