Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endcap, assembly and method for improving accuracy in fiber-endcap-fixture alignment
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Application No.: US16959586Application Date: 2018-12-31
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Publication No.: US10996396B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Semion Kizhner , Amir Hertzog , Rina Cohen , Daniel Wormser , Tal Regev
- Applicant: ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS - ELOP LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Rehovot
- Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS - ELOP LTD.
- Current Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS - ELOP LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Rehovot
- Agency: Browdy and Neimark, P.L.L.C.
- Priority: IL256688 20180101
- International Application: PCT/IL2018/051421 WO 20181231
- International Announcement: WO2019/130322 WO 20190704
- Main IPC: G02B6/24
- IPC: G02B6/24 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B6/32 ; G02B6/42 ; G02B6/36 ; G02B6/38

Abstract:
The present invention, disclose an endcap comprising: a. a first part being at least partially symmetrical about a main axis, said first part being fused to an optical fiber at a proximal end thereof such that said main axis is alignable with an optical axis of the optical fiber beam; and, b. a second part connecting to said first part at a distal end of said first part, wherein said second part protrudes from said first part, such that said second part forms a protruding bonding area, which is perpendicular to said main axis, for attaching said endcap to a fixture attachment area of a fixture apparatus, said fixture attachment area is perpendicular to said main axis, wherein said endcap is inserted at least partially inside said fixture apparatus, whereby, said endcap keeps said optical fiber beam aligned and minimizes angular diversion from an original alignment.
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