Abstract: An optical fiber termination in which a plastic clad optical fiber is pushed into a heated ferrule containing a pierced watch bearing jewel so as to force the bare fiber through the aperture in the jewel. The protruding fiber end is then fused and polished flush with the jewel whereby the fiber end is centered within the jewel aperture.

Abstract: An electrical contact for stripless cable connections comprising a front contacting part and a rear channel-shaped part of U-shaped cross-section. A fork is cut off from the base of a channel-shaped rear part of the contact and bent upwardly at right angles between the lateral walls of the channel. The branches of the fork define insulation severing, core penetrating jaws. The lateral walls of the channel prevent spreading of the jaws when a cable is forced therebetween to be electrically connected to the contact. A rearwardly extending contact retention tongue is also formed in the base where the fork is cut therefrom and is bent outwardly for engagement with a shoulder in an insulator in which the contact is mounted.