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WO2007129953A1 - Support d'epissure pour fibres optiques - Google Patents

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WO2007129953A1
WO2007129953A1 PCT/SE2007/000429 SE2007000429W WO2007129953A1 WO 2007129953 A1 WO2007129953 A1 WO 2007129953A1 SE 2007000429 W SE2007000429 W SE 2007000429W WO 2007129953 A1 WO2007129953 A1 WO 2007129953A1
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Lars Hedström
Kjell NYSTRÖM
Robert Lindberg
Stefan Grankvist
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MT Skelleftea Memoteknik AB
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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
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/444—Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
    • G02B6/4453—Cassettes
    • G02B6/4454—Cassettes with splices
    • 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
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/4471—Terminating devices ; Cable clamps
    • G02B6/44785—Cable clamps

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  • the present invention concerns a splice holder intended to receive and support in a manner that retains in a fixed manner splices of optical fibres in a fibre-optical network.
  • a fibre cable normally comprises a bundle of several individual fibre-optical conductors, known as optical fibres.
  • Each optical fibre comprises a doped glass core with a number of layers or shells that surround it. The said layers have the function of not only protecting the core, but also causing the light signal to be reflected internally in the optical fibre.
  • Each individual optical fibre also has an outer layer or cover of plastic material that serves as protection and that makes it possible to colour-code the optical fibre. This plastic cover must be peeled back or stripped off when the optical fibre is to be spliced.
  • a procedure known as "break-out” is carried out in special coupling stations in the form of cabinets or frames. This procedure is the division of incoming trunk fibre cables into the distribution network such that data traffic can be directed to each individual subscriber or workplace.
  • the individual fibre-optical conductors have spliced onto them a contact in the coupling station, in order to facilitate the movement or reconnection between different pieces of equipment or subscribers.
  • the said splicing is normally carried out through the protective layer of the optical fibre being stripped off and the two ends of the fibres being welded together.
  • the optical fibres are thin and sensitive, and this means that the locations of splices or points of connection between two fibre ends that have been connected in this manner must be carefully surrounded by protective splice sleeves that are similar to heat-shrink tubing, the thicknesses of which are to be considerably greater than that of the optical fibre.
  • the splice sleeves after application not only extend over the stripped optical fibres: they also surround a part of the existing, non-stripped, plastic cover of the optical fibre.
  • the splice sleeves thus function to reduce the tensile load on the optical fibre.
  • the splice sleeves are placed into specially designed holders, known as "splice holders", arranged on distribution trays arranged in the cabinet or frame mentioned above.
  • the optical fibres are placed with a certain excess or slack in loops onto the distribution trays such that simple repairs to splices and similar can be carried out without needing to exchange the complete fibre cable.
  • the constructive designs of splice holders differ. It is normal that the splice sleeve has the form of a simple fibre splice, or of a ribbon of fibre splices.
  • the splice sleeves may in certain cases have the form of a block, known as a "fan out" block.
  • the splice holders be flexibly designed to such a degree that they can receive and support in an organised and secure manner the types of splice sleeve that are established without risk of damage to the optical fibres that have been joined in the splice sleeve.
  • One aim of the present invention is thus to achieve a splice holder with large flexibility that allows established types of splice sleeve to be mounted in the holder in a manner that retains them.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view obliquely from above of the splice holder according to the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the splice holder obliquely from below
  • Figure 3 shows a view equivalent to that in Figure 1 with a thinner first type of splice sleeve mounted in the splice holder
  • Figure 4 shows a view corresponding to that in Figure 1 , but in this case with a thicker second type of splice sleeve mounted in the splice holder.
  • the splice holder for optical fibres shown in the figures and generally denoted by 1 has been manufactured in one piece of flexible material formed by injection moulding.
  • the material that can be formed by injection moulding is constituted by a plastic material, preferably a thermoplastic such as polypropylene (PP) or polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
  • the splice holder 1 has a flat bottom 2 perpendicularly from one plane side of which a series of walls extend, generally denoted by reference numbers 3, 3' and parallel to each other.
  • the said walls 3, 3' have the form of lamellae arranged in a row after each other in the longitudinal direction of the base 2 and they are located at such a distance from each other that channels, generally denoted by reference number 4, are limited by neighbouring walls in the row.
  • the channels 4 have been given such a width that one or several spliced optical fibres, which as a consequence of the splicing are provided with splice sleeves 5, can be mounted in a very flexible manner and in a manner that allows fixing in the channels between the walls 3, 3'.
  • FIG. 1 when viewed in a plan view or from above the walls 3, 3 1 are bent in planes that cut the base 2 perpendicularly.
  • Each wall 3, 3' demonstrates a principally convex front 6 and a concave back 7.
  • the wall 3, 3' that is in this way bent consists of a centrally plane section of wall 8 extending from the base and side sections of wall 9 that extend from the said central section in opposite directions.
  • the wall 3, 3' has been given the said bent shape in the direction of the splice sleeve 5 that is mounted in the channel 4 in order to offer the flexibility when receiving splice sleeves of different sizes that the invention strives to offer.
  • the side sections of wall 9 extend in a freely supporting manner out from the central section of wall 8 and thus each one is elastically flexible relative to the central plane section of wall 8 along a single line.
  • This line is denoted by reference number 10 in Figure 2.
  • the central plane section of wall 8 is thin- walled and it is arranged extending across the longitudinal direction of the base 2.
  • the side sections of wall 9 are relatively easy to flex in a sideways direction along the lines 10 relative to the central section of wall 8, thus they are flexible around lines that are perpendicular to the principal plane of the base 2.
  • the side sections of wall 9 can be regarded as plane, but they have been given an angled or wedge-shaped design that will be described in more detail below.
  • the two side sections of wall 9, that form a front wall 3 together with the central plane section of wall 8, are angled backwards at equal angles to the neighbouring rear second wall 3 1 .
  • the side sections of wall 9 are angled backwards at an angle X relative to a plane parallel to the central section of wall 8. It is appropriate that this angle lies in the interval 10-20°, preferably 15°.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a number of splice sleeves 5 mounted into the holder 1 according to the invention.
  • the splice sleeves 5 in Figure 3 are of a first thinner design, while those in Figure 4 are of a somewhat broader second design 5'.
  • the free edges 11 of the side sections of wall 9 are denoted by the reference number 11 in the drawings.
  • the side wall sections 9 of one front wall 3 can be said to demonstrate double-angled surfaces to the rear second wall 3 1 .
  • the splice sleeve 5 mounted in the channel 4 is forced down towards the bottom of the channel through the influence of the two wedge-shaped planes 12 of the side sections of wall 9, which planes are angled backwards and downwards.
  • the retaining force for the splice sleeve 5 that has been mounted in the channels 4 will be a spring force and it will increase in tensile direction for the splice sleeve out from the channel.
  • the present splice holder 1 is intended to be mounted onto a distribution tray.
  • a distribution tray is shown for simplicity's sake only as a fragmentary part in the drawings and it is denoted by the reference number 13.
  • the splice holder 1 is provided with snap-on fastening means 14 in order to facilitate its mounting.
  • the snap-on fastening means 14 are designed with hooks 15 having sharp edges that extend perpendicularly from the plane second side of the plate- shaped base 2. It is intended that the hooks 15 will interact for locking with holes 16 punched into the distribution tray whereby the hooks are caused through downwards driving to enter into locking interaction with the said holes.

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un support d'épissure (1) pour fibres optiques, comprenant une base en forme de plaque (2) à partir d'un côté de laquelle se prolonge une série de parois parallèles (3, 3') qui sont disposées en une rangée l'une après l'autre et situées à une distance telle l'une de l'autre que des canaux (4) pour la réception d'un manchon d'épissure (5) d'une fibre optique épissée sont limités entre des parois voisines dans la rangée. Dans un support d'épissure qui permet que des types établis de manchons d'épissure soient fixés de manière flexible d'une façon qui les retienne, au moins une paroi (3) d'un tel canal délimité (4) comprend une section de paroi centrale (8) se prolongeant à partir de la base (2) et des sections latérales de paroi (9) prolongées dans des directions opposées à partir de la section centrale de paroi, lesquelles sections latérales sont conçues de manière à ce que le manchon d'épissure (5) qui est monté dans le canal soit retenu par le biais d'une interaction par ressort entre les bords libres (11) des deux parois latérales et la seconde paroi (31) qui limite le canal.
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US8520996B2 (en) 2009-03-31 2013-08-27 Corning Cable Systems Llc Removably mountable fiber optic terminal
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CN107121728A (zh) * 2017-06-29 2017-09-01 常州太平通讯科技有限公司 通用型光纤熔接盘
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EP3809174B1 (fr) * 2018-07-02 2024-05-08 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Dispositif de retenue pour épissure soudée et cassette le comprenant
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