Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Production of a fiber coupler
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Application No.: US15755876Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US11267210B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Marco Plotner , Oliver De Vries , Thomas Schreiber
- Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Current Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Adams and Reese LLP
- Agent Ray R. Ferrera
- Priority: DE102015114505.7 20150831,DE102015118010.3 20151022
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/070518 WO 20160831
- International Announcement: WO2017/037115 WO 20170309
- Main IPC: B29D11/00
- IPC: B29D11/00 ; G02B6/38 ; G02B6/04 ; G02B6/36

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing an optical fiber coupler, having the following method steps: combining two or more light-guiding fibers (1, 2, 3) to form a fiber bundle; introducing the fiber bundle into a capillary (4); collapsing the capillary (4) onto the fiber bundle surrounded by the capillary. It is the object of the invention to provide an improved method for producing an optical fiber coupler. The method is intended to enable the positioning of the fibers within the capillary to be as precise as possible. At the same time, it should be possible to implement the method with comparatively little effort. To this end, the invention proposes that at least one of the fibers (1, 2, 3) is connected at the end to a guide body (5, 5′) whereof the diameter in the direction transversely to the longitudinal extent of the fiber (1, 2, 3) is larger than the diameter of the fiber (1, 2, 3) and smaller than the internal diameter of the capillary (4).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180244004A1 Production of a Fiber Coupler Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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