Connector for plastic optical fibers
    1.
    发明授权
    Connector for plastic optical fibers 有权
    塑料光纤连接器

    公开(公告)号:US06431763B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-13

    申请号:US09548951

    申请日:2000-04-13

    IPC分类号: G02B636

    摘要: An optical connector assembly includes a connector body having an inner wall defining a bore extending longitudinally through the connector body and shaped to receive an optical fiber. A fiber-retaining mechanism is disposed in the connector body for retention of the optical fiber received in the bore by frictionally engaging an outer circumferential surface of the optical fiber to thereby restrain unintended longitudinal displacement of the optical fiber relative to the bore.

    摘要翻译: 光学连接器组件包括连接器主体,该连接器主体具有内壁,该内壁限定纵向延伸穿过连接器本体并且成形为容纳光纤的孔。 纤维保持机构设置在连接器主体中,用于通过摩擦地接合光纤的外圆周表面来保持容纳在孔中的光纤,从而抑制光纤相对于孔的非预期的纵向位移。

    Fiber grating package
    2.
    发明授权
    Fiber grating package 失效
    光纤光栅封装

    公开(公告)号:US5841920A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-24

    申请号:US819824

    申请日:1997-03-18

    IPC分类号: G02B6/02 G02B6/34

    CPC分类号: G02B6/022

    摘要: A temperature compensating optical waveguide device including an optical fiber in which a grating formed of grating elements embedded within the fiber core reflects fiber-transmitted light within a range about a central wavelength that varies with temperature and with an axial strain applied to the grating. A top surface of a compensating member is affixed to a portion of the fiber that includes the grating and a tension adjusting member is connected to the compensating member. The tension adjusting member and the compensating member are formed of materials selected so that as the temperature of the device decreases, the tension adjusting member contracts more than the compensating member so as to control the deformation of the compensating member and thereby impose an axial strain on the grating. The controlled application of tensile stress to the optical fiber in the region of the grating causes changes in the central wavelength of reflected light to compensate for central wavelength variations resulting from changes in the grating temperature.

    摘要翻译: 一种包括光纤的温度补偿光波导器件,其中由光纤芯中嵌入的光栅元件形成的光栅反射光纤透射光,其范围在随温度变化并且施加到光栅的轴向应变的中心波长的范围内。 补偿构件的顶表面固定到包括光栅的纤维的一部分上,并且张力调节构件连接到补偿构件。 张力调节构件和补偿构件由选择的材料形成,使得随着装置的温度降低,张力调节构件比补偿构件收缩更多,以便控制补偿构件的变形,从而施加轴向应变 光栅。 在光栅区域中对光纤的拉伸应力的受控应用导致反射光的中心波长的变化,以补偿由光栅温度变化引起的中心波长变化。

    Variable optical fiber attenuator device
    3.
    发明授权
    Variable optical fiber attenuator device 有权
    可变光纤衰减器

    公开(公告)号:US06501900B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-12-31

    申请号:US09502247

    申请日:2000-02-17

    IPC分类号: G02B600

    摘要: An optical fiber connection device is disclosed that allows for in situ variable attenuation of a signal transmitted between two optical fibers. The connection device comprises an attenuator element fabricated with an inherently compliant, elastomeric material, preferably a silicone elastomer. The elastomeric properties of the attenuator element allow for varying the thickness of the attenuator element and thereby changing the level of attenuation in situ. Silicone elastomers are preferred for fabricating the attenuator element as applicants have discovered they may be index-matched to optical transmission fibers, have a high creep modulus, exhibit relatively constant mechanical properties over a broad range of temperatures, and are reliable upon exposure to varied environmental conditions.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种光纤连接装置,其允许在两个光纤之间传输的信号的原位可变衰减。 连接装置包括用固有柔顺的弹性体材料制成的衰减器元件,优选硅氧烷弹性体。 衰减器元件的弹性特性允许改变衰减器元件的厚度,从而改变原位衰减的水平。 硅酮弹性体优选用于制造衰减器元件,因为申请人已经发现它们可以与光传输纤维进行折射率匹配,具有高的蠕变模量,在宽的温度范围内表现出相对恒定的机械性能,并且在暴露于各种环境 条件。

    Method for manufacturing an optical connector assembly
    5.
    发明授权
    Method for manufacturing an optical connector assembly 失效
    光连接器组件的制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5720907A

    公开(公告)日:1998-02-24

    申请号:US428804

    申请日:1995-04-24

    摘要: A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical connector subassembly provide an improved device at lower cost. The optical connector includes a plastic base member 150 which is overmolded onto a cylindrical ferrule 140 having an axial passageway 145 which extends from one end face 141 of the ferrule to the other 142. A mold 900 includes two parts 910, 960 which are joined together before heated and pressurized thermoplastic material is injected. The ferrule is held within a first channel 914 of the mold and a spring-loaded core pin 950 is held within a second channel 964 of the mold. These channels are coaxially aligned when the mold parts are joined together. The core pin includes a conical point 951 at one end which enters the axial passageway of the ferrule before the thermoplastic material is injected. A third channel 912, 962 receives the thermoplastic material and routes it into the first and second channels. Moreover, a brake 970 is applied to the core pin when thermoplastic material enters a fourth channel 913 so that the conical point will remain in contact with end face 141 of the ferrule during molding.

    摘要翻译: 用于制造光学连接器子组件的方法和装置以更低的成本提供改进的装置。 光学连接器包括塑料基底构件150,该塑料基底构件150被包覆成型到具有从套圈的一个端面141延伸到另一个142的轴向通道145的圆柱形套圈140上。模具900包括两个连接在一起的部分910,960 在加热和加压的热塑性材料被注入之前。 套圈保持在模具的第一通道914内,并且弹簧加载的芯销950保持在模具的第二通道964内。 当模具部件连接在一起时,这些通道同轴对准。 芯销在一端具有锥形点951,该锥形点951在热塑性材料被注入之前进入套圈的轴向通道。 第三通道912,962接收热塑性材料并将其引导到第一和第二通道中。 此外,当热塑性材料进入第四通道913时,制动器970被施加到芯销,使得锥形点在模制期间将保持与套圈的端面141接触。

    FITTING AND FLUID-CONVEYING DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO
    6.
    发明申请
    FITTING AND FLUID-CONVEYING DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO 审中-公开
    接头和流体输送装置连接在一起

    公开(公告)号:US20080221469A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-11

    申请号:US12041946

    申请日:2008-03-04

    IPC分类号: A61B5/097 B01D63/06 F16L33/18

    摘要: A fitting for a fluid-conveying conduit. The fitting includes integrally-formed clamps that can be used to secure the conduit in a locking relationship so that likelihood of leakage and separation of the fitting and the conduit is reduced. In one form, the fitting and conduit can be used as a moisture exchange device. In a more particular form, the conduit wall of the moisture exchange device includes a water-permeable material such that a humidity level in the conduit can be controlled. Since the fitting is formed separately from the end of the conduit to which it is to be attached, fabrication cost and complexity is reduced.

    摘要翻译: 用于流体输送管道的配件。 配件包括一体形成的夹具,其可用于将管道固定在锁定关系中,使得配件和导管的泄漏和分离的可能性降低。 在一种形式中,配件和导管可以用作湿气交换装置。 在更具体的形式中,湿气交换装置的导管壁包括透水材料,使得能够控制导管中的湿度水平。 由于配件与要连接的管道的端部分开形成,所以制造成本和复杂性降低。

    System comprising plastic optical fiber
    7.
    发明授权
    System comprising plastic optical fiber 有权
    系统包括塑料光纤

    公开(公告)号:US06636672B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-21

    申请号:US09349191

    申请日:1999-07-07

    IPC分类号: G02B636

    CPC分类号: G02B6/25

    摘要: The invention relates to plastic optical fiber (POF) processes and systems and involves improved non-polishing termination techniques. The techniques provide good physical and optical characteristics, i.e., smoothness, at the termination point, thereby providing lower losses than conventionally obtained. According to one embodiment, POF is cut while the fiber is under compression. According to another embodiment, the POF is notched and then pulled at a relatively high strain rate to induce fracture. The rate is such that the strain remains in the elastic region, i.e., the fiber exhibits brittle, as opposed to ductile, behavior during the strain. The brittle behavior provides a smooth termination surface, as opposed to a plastically-deformed surface.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及塑料光纤(POF)工艺和系统,涉及改进的非抛光终止技术。 这些技术在终止点提供良好的物理和光学特性,即平滑度,从而提供比传统获得的更低的损失。 根据一个实施例,当纤维处于压缩状态时,切割POF。 根据另一实施例,POF被切口,然后以相对高的应变速率拉动以引起断裂。 速率使得应变保持在弹性区域中,即纤维表现出脆性,与在应变期间的延展性行为相反。 与塑性变形的表面相反,脆性行为提供了平滑的终止表面。

    Apparatus and method for handling extruded tubes
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for handling extruded tubes 失效
    用于处理挤压管的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06521156B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-18

    申请号:US09415746

    申请日:1999-10-12

    IPC分类号: B29C4708

    CPC分类号: B29C47/34 B29C47/0023

    摘要: A tube take-up apparatus is provided to handle a length of freshly extruded tube. The apparatus includes an elongated housing in which a pair of parallel, spaced-apart rollers extend lengthwise in a position just below the extruded tubing. The housing is removably mounted on an elongated supporting fin which is secured to the extruder at its near end, extends upwardly between the two rollers and substantially along the entire length of the housing, and is, in turn, supported on a fixed pedestal at its remote end. After the full length of tubing has been extruded, the housing and rollers as a unit are lifted with the tube from the supporting fin and replaced by an empty housing, to extrude the next tube, while the full housing is carried away to a dryer.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种收管装置来处理一段新鲜挤出的管子。 该装置包括细长的壳体,一对平行的间隔开的辊子在刚好在挤压管道下方的位置上纵向延伸。 壳体可移除地安装在细长的支撑翅片上,该细长的支撑翅片在其近端固定到挤出机,在两个辊之间基本上沿着壳体的整个长度向上延伸,并且又在其上固定在固定基座上 远端。 在整个管道已经挤出之后,作为一个单元的外壳和滚子由管子从支撑翅片提升,并被一个空的壳体取代,以挤出下一个管子,同时将整个壳体带到干燥器上。

    Fiber waveguide package with improved alignment means
    10.
    发明授权
    Fiber waveguide package with improved alignment means 失效
    光纤波导封装,具有改进的对准方式

    公开(公告)号:US5647044A

    公开(公告)日:1997-07-08

    申请号:US578001

    申请日:1995-12-22

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42

    摘要: The specification describes a molded plastic package for a surface normal optoelectronic device. The package is designed to passively align precisely the optoelectronic device with an optical fiber. Passive alignment is achieved by forming the optoelectronic device in a pyramid shape, and forming an identical pyramid shape in a mating molded plastic cover for the device. The mating pyramid shapes serve to center the optical fiber core precisely over the active optical region of the surface normal optoelectronic device.

    摘要翻译: 本说明书描述了用于表面普通光电子器件的模制塑料封装。 该封装被设计成将光电器件与光纤精确地对准。 通过将光电子器件形成为金字塔形状并且在用于器件的配合模制塑料盖中形成相同的金字塔形状来实现被动对准。 配对金字塔形状用于将光纤芯心精确地定位在表面普通光电子器件的有源光学区域上。