GB2038016B - Optical fibre splices and terminations - Google Patents

Optical fibre splices and terminations

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Publication number: GB2038016B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: terminations; optical fibre; fibre splices; splices; optical
Prior art date: 1978-12-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

GB7849254A

Other versions

GB2038016A (en

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

STC PLC

Original Assignee

Standard Telephone and Cables PLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1978-12-20

Filing date

1978-12-20

Publication date

1982-10-27

1978-12-20 Application filed by Standard Telephone and Cables PLC filed Critical Standard Telephone and Cables PLC

1978-12-20 Priority to GB7849254A priority Critical patent/GB2038016B/en

1979-12-19 Priority to FR7931103A priority patent/FR2444952A1/en

1980-07-16 Publication of GB2038016A publication Critical patent/GB2038016A/en

1982-10-27 Application granted granted Critical

1982-10-27 Publication of GB2038016B publication Critical patent/GB2038016B/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3801—Permanent connections, i.e. wherein fibres are kept aligned by mechanical means
- G02B6/3806—Semi-permanent connections, i.e. wherein the mechanical means keeping the fibres aligned allow for removal of the fibres
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3834—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
- G02B6/3835—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule using discs, bushings or the like
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
- G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
- G02B6/3857—Crimping, i.e. involving plastic deformation
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
- G02B6/3861—Adhesive bonding
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3863—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture fabricated by using polishing techniques
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3865—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture fabricated by using moulding techniques

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)

GB7849254A 1978-12-20 1978-12-20 Optical fibre splices and terminations Expired GB2038016B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB7849254A GB2038016B (en)	1978-12-20	1978-12-20	Optical fibre splices and terminations
FR7931103A FR2444952A1 (en)	1978-12-20	1979-12-19	SPLICES AND TERMINATIONS FOR OPTICAL FIBERS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB7849254A GB2038016B (en)	1978-12-20	1978-12-20	Optical fibre splices and terminations

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB2038016A GB2038016A (en)	1980-07-16
GB2038016B true GB2038016B (en)	1982-10-27

Family

ID=10501837

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB7849254A Expired GB2038016B (en)	1978-12-20	1978-12-20	Optical fibre splices and terminations

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
FR (1)	FR2444952A1 (en)
GB (1)	GB2038016B (en)

Families Citing this family (9)

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DE3225656C2 (en) *	1982-07-09	1984-04-26	Krone Gmbh, 1000 Berlin	Device and method for the production of a mechanical, non-detachable splice connection between two optical waveguides (LWL) made of quartz glass
US4744627A (en) *	1986-11-03	1988-05-17	General Electric Company	Optical fiber holder
AT396308B (en) *	1989-04-06	1993-08-25	Hrabalek Ernst	Holder for the end of an optical conductor (fibre) made from plastic
KR100219710B1 (en) *	1996-07-30	1999-09-01	윤종용	Metal coating optical fiber connecting method
US6266472B1 (en) *	1999-09-03	2001-07-24	Corning Incorporated	Polymer gripping elements for optical fiber splicing
US6931194B2 (en)	2003-12-08	2005-08-16	Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.	Methods and apparatus for forming an optical cable splice
CN103328033B (en)	2010-11-09	2016-05-18	奥普森斯公司	There is the seal wire of internal pressure sensor
US9405078B2 (en)	2011-08-30	2016-08-02	Opsens Inc.	Method for disposable guidewire optical connection
US8936401B2 (en)	2011-08-30	2015-01-20	Claude Belleville	Method for disposable guidewire optical connection

Family Cites Families (7)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3864018A (en) *	1973-10-18	1975-02-04	Bell Telephone Labor Inc	Method and means for splicing arrays of optical fibers
GB1443084A (en) *	1974-02-21	1976-07-21	Bicc Ltd	Method of jointing optical fibres
JPS50156448A (en) *	1974-06-05	1975-12-17
US3912574A (en) *	1974-10-24	1975-10-14	Bell Telephone Labor Inc	Apparatus for splicing pairs of arrayed or individual fibers utilizing optical fiber aligning grooves
US4029390A (en) *	1974-12-23	1977-06-14	Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated	Optical fiber group splicing technique and apparatus employing unique foldable holder
GB1479575A (en) *	1976-05-25	1977-07-13	Standard Telephones Cables Ltd	Terminating optical fibres
GB1586467A (en) *	1976-10-21	1981-03-18	Elliott Brothers London Ltd	Optical fibre terminations

1978
- 1978-12-20 GB GB7849254A patent/GB2038016B/en not_active Expired
1979
- 1979-12-19 FR FR7931103A patent/FR2444952A1/en not_active Withdrawn

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
FR2444952A1 (en)	1980-07-18
GB2038016A (en)	1980-07-16

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB2052786B (en)	1983-06-22	Optical fibre splicing
DE2963111D1 (en)	1982-08-05	Optical fibre adaptor
GB2033104B (en)	1982-11-17	Aligning optic fibre and its ferrule
GB2022284B (en)	1983-03-16	Optical fibre connector
GB2034496B (en)	1982-09-29	Fibre optic connector
GB2013923B (en)	1982-04-07	Optical fibre connector
GB2039379B (en)	1982-09-08	Optical fibre termination
GB2026200B (en)	1982-07-14	Fibre optic cable termination
GB1557853A (en)	1979-12-12	Optical fibre terminations and couplings
GB2036997B (en)	1983-01-19	Optical fibre electrocoupling device
GB2029047B (en)	1983-05-18	Optical fibre submarina cable
GB2035601B (en)	1983-02-09	Single-mode optical fibre
GB2039076B (en)	1982-09-22	Fibre optic alignment device
AU523951B2 (en)	1982-08-26	Optical fibre termination
GB2032130B (en)	1982-06-30	Fibre optic connectors
GB2039074B (en)	1982-12-15	Optical fibre connectors
GB2032644B (en)	1982-08-11	Fibre optic connector
AU526350B2 (en)	1983-01-06	Optical fibres cable
AU530150B2 (en)	1983-07-07	Optical fibre termination
GB2020844B (en)	1982-07-07	Optic fibre connectors
AU525755B2 (en)	1982-12-02	Optical fibre splice
AU510179B2 (en)	1980-06-12	Fiber optic splice
GB2029400B (en)	1982-12-01	Optical fibre
GB2037450B (en)	1983-05-11	Optical fibre
GB2020447B (en)	1982-08-11	Optical fibre branching arrangements

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1986-08-13	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee