John F Haas

Address:

31 Old Colony Rd, Bernardsville, NJ 07924

VIN:

1D8HN54P88B188728

Make:

DODGE

Model:

GRAND CARAVAN

Year:

2008

US Patent:

47704810, Sep 13, 1988

Filed:

Jan 9, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/001836

Inventors:

John E. Haas - Boonton NJ

Assignee:

American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G02B 636

US Classification:

350 962

Abstract:

An optical fiber submarine cable splice housing includes a pressure vessel arranged for securely terminating an optical fiber cable and an optical fiber. A metallic tube formed into a helix is fixed to the cable termination. The optical fiber extends from the terminated cable and through the tube to a fiber termination on the splice housing. The tube acts like a capstan for the optical fiber so that a small tensile force at the fiber termination will hold the fiber in place while a much larger tensile force exists in the fiber where it leaves the cable termination.