Thermoplastic adhesive mounting for an optical fiber connector

摘要

An optical fiber connector can be easily and quickly assembled by mounting the end of an optical fiber in a thermoplastic adhesive that is heated to a viscosity of between 1000 and 10,000 cp, has an Adhesion-to-Glass Value of at least 10N, and a Shore D hardness of at least 60 at 20 DEG C. The optical fiber connector lends itself to mass-production techniques and can be reused by heating to liquify the thermoplastic adhesive.