US PATENT SUBCLASS 385 / 78
.~.~.~ Fiber end held in ferrule

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53  DF  WITH DISENGAGABLE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR {4}
76  DF  .~ Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure {2}
77  DF  .~.~ At or immediately surrounding an optical fiber end face {1}
78.~.~.~ Fiber end held in ferrule {7}
79  DF  .~.~.~.~> Lens-shaped ferrule
80  DF  .~.~.~.~> Adhesively fixed
81  DF  .~.~.~.~> Compressively fixed (chuck, collet, crimp, set screw, etc.)
82  DF  .~.~.~.~> Plural rods or balls structure
83  DF  .~.~.~.~> Groove-type holding structure
84  DF  .~.~.~.~> Tube-type holding structure
85  DF  .~.~.~.~> Fiber/ferrule further processed (grinding, polishing, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 385/78

Fiber end held in ferrule:

(under subclass 77) wherein one end of the fiber is contained in a strengthening terminal element having an aperture comparable in size to the fiber cross-sectional diameter.