HK1007601A1 - Stamped precision lightguide interconnect centering element - Google Patents

Stamped precision lightguide interconnect centering element Download PDF

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HK1007601A1
HK1007601A1 HK98106779A HK98106779A HK1007601A1 HK 1007601 A1 HK1007601 A1 HK 1007601A1 HK 98106779 A HK98106779 A HK 98106779A HK 98106779 A HK98106779 A HK 98106779A HK 1007601 A1 HK1007601 A1 HK 1007601A1
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sheet
fiber
element according
splice element
fibers
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HK98106779A
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A. Patterson Richard
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Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
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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
    • 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
    • G02B6/3628—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
    • G02B6/3801—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
    • G02B6/3648—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
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3684—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier
    • G02B6/3696—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the manufacturing process of surface profiling of the supporting carrier by moulding, e.g. injection moulding, casting, embossing, stamping, stenciling, printing, or with metallic mould insert manufacturing using LIGA or MIGA techniques

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Braking Arrangements (AREA)
HK98106779.7A 1998-04-18 1998-06-25 Stamped precision lightguide interconnect centering element HK1007601B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US182872 1988-04-18
US07/182,872 US4824197A (en) 1988-04-18 1988-04-18 Stamped precision lightguide interconnect centering element

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HK1007601A1 true HK1007601A1 (en) 1999-04-16
HK1007601B HK1007601B (en) 1999-04-16

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EP0338759B1 (en) 1995-06-14
DE68923034T2 (de) 1996-01-25
BR8901692A (pt) 1989-11-21
AU3145089A (en) 1989-10-19
MX171333B (es) 1993-10-19
US4824197A (en) 1989-04-25
EP0338759A2 (en) 1989-10-25
KR0172113B1 (ko) 1999-05-01
JPH0212112A (ja) 1990-01-17
DE68923034D1 (de) 1995-07-20
ZA892805B (en) 1990-12-28
ES2072898T3 (es) 1995-08-01
CA1307145C (en) 1992-09-08
EP0338759A3 (en) 1991-06-12
ATE123879T1 (de) 1995-06-15
KR890016401A (ko) 1989-11-29
MY106958A (en) 1995-08-30
JP2710397B2 (ja) 1998-02-10
AU622647B2 (en) 1992-04-16

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