AU2930277A - Optical fibre connector - Google Patents

Optical fibre connector

Info

Publication number: AU2930277A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: optical fibre; fibre connector; connector; optical; fibre
Prior art date: 1976-10-07
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.): Pending

Application number

AU29302/77A

Inventor

Richard Edward Epworth

John Stuart Leach

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.)

International Standard Electric Corp

Original Assignee

International Standard Electric Corp

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.)

1976-10-07

Filing date

1977-10-04

Publication date

1979-04-12

1977-10-04 Application filed by International Standard Electric Corp filed Critical International Standard Electric Corp

1979-04-12 Publication of AU2930277A publication Critical patent/AU2930277A/en

Status Pending 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
- 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
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- 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
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- G02B6/3874—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls using tubes, sleeves to align ferrules
- 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
- G02B6/3802—Assembly tools, e.g. crimping tool or pressing bench
- 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
- G02B6/3854—Ferrules characterised by materials

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

AU29302/77A 1976-10-07 1977-10-04 Optical fibre connector Pending AU2930277A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB4171676A GB1556476A (en)	1976-10-07	1976-10-07	Fibre connector

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2930277A true AU2930277A (en)	1979-04-12

Family

ID=10421034

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU29302/77A Pending AU2930277A (en)	1976-10-07	1977-10-04	Optical fibre connector

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
AU (1)	AU2930277A (en)
CH (1)	CH624222A5 (en)
GB (1)	GB1556476A (en)

Families Citing this family (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4353620A (en) *	1980-05-14	1982-10-12	Trw Inc.	Optical fiber connector construction
US4448482A (en) *	1980-05-14	1984-05-15	Trw Inc.	Variable geometry optical fiber connector
EP0039953A1 (en) *	1980-05-14	1981-11-18	Trw Inc.	Variable geometry optical fiber connector
JPS5893017A (en) *	1981-11-30	1983-06-02	Dai Ichi Seiko Co Ltd	Optical connector
US4921324A (en) *	1982-09-01	1990-05-01	Gte Products Corporation	Optical fiber connector
US4832440A (en) *	1982-09-01	1989-05-23	Gte Products Corporation	Optical fiber connector
NL8603109A (en) *	1986-12-08	1988-07-01	Philips Nv	OPTICAL COMPOSITION.
US4818055A (en) *	1988-04-18	1989-04-04	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Optical fiber splice connector
US4865412A (en) *	1988-04-18	1989-09-12	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Connector for splicing optical fiber cables
US4824197A (en) *	1988-04-18	1989-04-25	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Stamped precision lightguide interconnect centering element
EP1609015A2 (en)	2003-03-25	2005-12-28	Precision Optics Corporation, Inc.	Optical device with lens positioning and method of making the same

1976
- 1976-10-07 GB GB4171676A patent/GB1556476A/en not_active Expired
1977
- 1977-10-04 AU AU29302/77A patent/AU2930277A/en active Pending
- 1977-10-06 CH CH1220577A patent/CH624222A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB1556476A (en)	1979-11-28
CH624222A5 (en)	1981-07-15

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