Michael E Fasano, 38Orland Park, IL

5436994, Jul 25, 1995

Feb 26, 1993

8/023678

Conrad L. Ott - Lake Grove NY
Michael Fasano - Huntington NY
David E. Wuestmann - Fort Salonga NY
Peter Tabone - Kings Park NY
Carl E. Meyerhoefer - Dix Hills NY

G02B 600
G02B 636

385 86

An improved fiber optic connector of the type in which a fiber supporting ferrule is slidably and resiliently biased independently of the surrounding load-bearing parts of the connectors so that forces applied to the fiber optic cable jacket are not transmitted to the ferrule and supported fiber to interrupt communications then in progress. The connector is substantially fully assembled prior to interconnection with the cable, and requires the introduction of an epoxy or other suitable adhesive to secure the fiber within the ferrule which is provided by a syringe. The needle of the syringe is inserted into a positioning tube which confines the adhesive to the needed area, and prevents wicking of the adhesive to surrounding areas where it might interfere with the sliding action of the ferrule. It also wipes the needle of adhesive as it is withdrawn. A rear body element of the connector is provided with internal threads which surround the cable jacket, which, during a crimping operation, causes the jacket to deform into the threads for superior cable retention.

4980909, Dec 25, 1990

Nov 2, 1989

7/430250

Carl Meyerhoefer - Dix Hills NY
Peter Visconti - Baldwin NY
Michael Fasano - Huntington NY

Porta systems Corp. - Syosset NY

H02H 906

379327

An individual telephone subscriber circuit module for use with laminar type connector blocks employing conventional three-element gas tubes of diameter greater than the thickness of an individual lamina. The module houses two gas tubes in side-by-side relation and straddles two adjacent laminae on the block to protect a pair of adjacent circuits.