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GB2339029B - Passive optical fibre aligner with alignment rods - Google Patents

Passive optical fibre aligner with alignment rods

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Publication number
GB2339029B
GB2339029B GB9813967A GB9813967A GB2339029B GB 2339029 B GB2339029 B GB 2339029B GB 9813967 A GB9813967 A GB 9813967A GB 9813967 A GB9813967 A GB 9813967A GB 2339029 B GB2339029 B GB 2339029B
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Prior art keywords
aligner
optical fibre
passive optical
alignment rods
rods
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9813967A
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GB9813967D0 (en
GB2339029A (en
Inventor
Robert Owen Coleman
Robert William Ross
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Optical Services & Sales Ltd
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Optical Services & Sales Ltd
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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
    • G02B6/36—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
    • G02B6/3803—Adjustment or alignment devices for alignment prior to splicing
    • G02B6/3805—Adjustment or alignment devices for alignment prior to splicing with a fibre-supporting member inclined to the bottom surface of the alignment means
    • 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
    • G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
    • G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type
    • G02B6/382—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type with index-matching medium between light guides

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB9813967A 1998-06-29 1998-06-29 Passive optical fibre aligner with alignment rods Expired - Fee Related GB2339029B (en)

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GB9813967D0 GB9813967D0 (en) 1998-08-26
GB2339029A GB2339029A (en) 2000-01-12
GB2339029B true GB2339029B (en) 2002-11-13

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Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2006457A (en) * 1978-08-15 1979-05-02 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Optical Fibre Splice
EP0029383A1 (en) * 1979-11-14 1981-05-27 Thomson-Csf Abutment device for two optical fibres
US4749253A (en) * 1987-02-24 1988-06-07 Siecor Corporation Fiber optic connector
EP0759571A1 (en) * 1994-04-22 1997-02-26 Omron Corporation Optical fiber connecting structure, optical switch and optical connector
WO1998023977A2 (en) * 1996-11-15 1998-06-04 Pk Technology, Inc. Aligner for slender elongate members

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2006457A (en) * 1978-08-15 1979-05-02 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Optical Fibre Splice
EP0029383A1 (en) * 1979-11-14 1981-05-27 Thomson-Csf Abutment device for two optical fibres
US4749253A (en) * 1987-02-24 1988-06-07 Siecor Corporation Fiber optic connector
EP0759571A1 (en) * 1994-04-22 1997-02-26 Omron Corporation Optical fiber connecting structure, optical switch and optical connector
WO1998023977A2 (en) * 1996-11-15 1998-06-04 Pk Technology, Inc. Aligner for slender elongate members

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GB2339029A (en) 2000-01-12

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Effective date: 20090629