公开(公告)号：US20220009050A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17484630

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Mark D. NARUM ,  Richard William BRUNEAU ,  Aaron B. DANNEN ,  Peter J. EKOLA ,  Andrew G. SCHMIDT ,  Marlon E. HOLMQUIST ,  Laurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE ,  Samuel Taylor FINNEGAN ,  Lawrence Joseph SORENSON

IPC: B24B19/22 ,  G02B6/38

Abstract: A fabrication carrier for fiber optic connectors defines a body configured to removably hold a plurality of fiber optic ferrules. The body allows each of the fiber optic ferrules to be movable along its axis under a bias when the ferrules are mounted to the body. The body can be coupled to a polishing plate for use with a ferrule polishing apparatus in a polishing step. Coupling of the body to the polishing plate allows each of the ferrules to at least partially protrude past a bottom face of the polishing plate for contact with the polishing apparatus. The body of the fabrication carrier is configured as a fixture that can be used in at least one additional fabrication step aside from the polishing step when not mounted to the polishing plate.