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GB2002136A - Improvements relating to optical fibre connectors - Google Patents

Improvements relating to optical fibre connectors

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Publication number
GB2002136A
GB2002136A GB7829945A GB7829945A GB2002136A GB 2002136 A GB2002136 A GB 2002136A GB 7829945 A GB7829945 A GB 7829945A GB 7829945 A GB7829945 A GB 7829945A GB 2002136 A GB2002136 A GB 2002136A
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
improvements relating
sphere
sphere lens
centre
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GB7829945A
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GE Healthcare UK Ltd
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GE Healthcare UK Ltd
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Priority to GB7829945A priority Critical patent/GB2002136B/en
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Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • 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
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends

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

Abstract

An optical fibre connector comprises in respect of each of the optical fibres (1, 2, 8) to be connected, a connector body part (6) formed at one end with a recess (9, 11, 12) which accurately locates a sphere lens (3, 4, 10) relative to an optical fibre receiving hole (7) extending through the body part (6) and terminating at the centre of the recess (9, 11, 12) whereby the axis of the optical fibre (8) received by the hole and preferably bonded to the surface of the sphere lens (10) is aligned with the centre of the sphere lens. Connecting means is provided for connecting together in axial alignment two of the body parts (6) with the sphere lenses (10) of the parts arranged in opposed relationship. <IMAGE>
GB7829945A 1977-07-19 1978-07-14 Optical fibre connectors Expired GB2002136B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB7829945A GB2002136B (en) 1977-07-19 1978-07-14 Optical fibre connectors

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB3019777 1977-07-19
GB7829945A GB2002136B (en) 1977-07-19 1978-07-14 Optical fibre connectors

Publications (2)

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GB2002136A true GB2002136A (en) 1979-02-14
GB2002136B GB2002136B (en) 1982-01-06

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Cited By (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0023114A1 (en) * 1979-07-11 1981-01-28 Fujitsu Limited Lens-applied optical fibre connectors
FR2461966A1 (en) * 1979-07-19 1981-02-06 Philips Nv DISMANTLING COUPLING FOR COUPLING A PAIR OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE FIBERS
DE3041263A1 (en) 1979-11-02 1981-05-14 Naamloze Vennootschap Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, Eindhoven DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TWO OPTICAL FIBERS
US4269648A (en) * 1980-03-10 1981-05-26 Gte Laboratories Incorporated Method for mounting microsphere coupling lenses on optical fibers
US4289374A (en) * 1978-09-26 1981-09-15 U.S. Philips Corporation Method of and device for providing a concentric envelope on an end of an optical fiber, and fiber having an end provided with a concentric envelope in accordance with the method
FR2504279A1 (en) * 1981-04-20 1982-10-22 Malco APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH A COLLIMATING LENS
US4378954A (en) * 1979-01-18 1983-04-05 Itt Industries, Inc. Method of making optical fiber termination
FR2551225A1 (en) * 1983-08-22 1985-03-01 Deutsch Co Elec Comp OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICE
EP0092332A3 (en) * 1982-04-19 1985-09-18 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Lens
US4707067A (en) * 1984-02-22 1987-11-17 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Opto-electronic module housing
US4712916A (en) * 1985-01-28 1987-12-15 International Business Machines Corporation Apparatus for inspection of the walls of deep holes of minute diameter
US4796969A (en) * 1985-12-16 1989-01-10 Polaroid Corporation Fiber optic relay connector
US5016965A (en) * 1987-10-08 1991-05-21 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company Optical package
GB2241349A (en) * 1989-10-25 1991-08-28 Stc Plc Lens assembly
EP0226881B1 (en) * 1985-12-16 1994-02-23 Polaroid Corporation Fiber optic relay connector
WO2002010821A1 (en) * 2000-07-27 2002-02-07 Ingvar Nodfelt Lens system with variable focal length for connecting optical fibres
EP1126306A3 (en) * 2000-02-15 2003-08-27 Advanced Optical Technologies, Inc. Apparatus for dynamic control of light direction in a broad field of view
DE202019103581U1 (en) 2019-06-28 2019-09-18 Connex Gmbh Lens connector for optically connecting optical fibers and optical fiber cables therewith

Cited By (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4289374A (en) * 1978-09-26 1981-09-15 U.S. Philips Corporation Method of and device for providing a concentric envelope on an end of an optical fiber, and fiber having an end provided with a concentric envelope in accordance with the method
US4378954A (en) * 1979-01-18 1983-04-05 Itt Industries, Inc. Method of making optical fiber termination
EP0023114A1 (en) * 1979-07-11 1981-01-28 Fujitsu Limited Lens-applied optical fibre connectors
US4371233A (en) * 1979-07-11 1983-02-01 Fujitsu Limited Lens-applied optical fiber connector
FR2461966A1 (en) * 1979-07-19 1981-02-06 Philips Nv DISMANTLING COUPLING FOR COUPLING A PAIR OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE FIBERS
DE3026908A1 (en) 1979-07-19 1981-02-12 Philips Nv LOSSABLE CONNECTION FOR PAIRING CONNECTING FIBER OPTIC FIBERS
DE3041263A1 (en) 1979-11-02 1981-05-14 Naamloze Vennootschap Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, Eindhoven DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TWO OPTICAL FIBERS
US4269648A (en) * 1980-03-10 1981-05-26 Gte Laboratories Incorporated Method for mounting microsphere coupling lenses on optical fibers
FR2504279A1 (en) * 1981-04-20 1982-10-22 Malco APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH A COLLIMATING LENS
EP0092332A3 (en) * 1982-04-19 1985-09-18 Imperial Chemical Industries Plc Lens
FR2551225A1 (en) * 1983-08-22 1985-03-01 Deutsch Co Elec Comp OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICE
US4707067A (en) * 1984-02-22 1987-11-17 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Opto-electronic module housing
US4712916A (en) * 1985-01-28 1987-12-15 International Business Machines Corporation Apparatus for inspection of the walls of deep holes of minute diameter
US4796969A (en) * 1985-12-16 1989-01-10 Polaroid Corporation Fiber optic relay connector
EP0226881B1 (en) * 1985-12-16 1994-02-23 Polaroid Corporation Fiber optic relay connector
US5016965A (en) * 1987-10-08 1991-05-21 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company Optical package
GB2241349A (en) * 1989-10-25 1991-08-28 Stc Plc Lens assembly
GB2241349B (en) * 1989-10-25 1993-09-22 Stc Plc Lens assembly
EP1126306A3 (en) * 2000-02-15 2003-08-27 Advanced Optical Technologies, Inc. Apparatus for dynamic control of light direction in a broad field of view
WO2002010821A1 (en) * 2000-07-27 2002-02-07 Ingvar Nodfelt Lens system with variable focal length for connecting optical fibres
US6816644B1 (en) 2000-07-27 2004-11-09 Ingvar Nils Nodfelt Lens system with variable focal length for connecting optical fibres
DE202019103581U1 (en) 2019-06-28 2019-09-18 Connex Gmbh Lens connector for optically connecting optical fibers and optical fiber cables therewith

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19950714