Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elastomeric optical fiber alignment and coupling device
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Application No.: US17006119Application Date: 2020-08-28
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Publication No.: US11327229B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Michael James Ott
- Applicant: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
- Current Assignee: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G02B6/255
- IPC: G02B6/255 ; G02B6/036 ; G02B6/38 ; G02B6/40

Abstract:
A fiber optic coupling device comprises an elastomeric body. The elastomeric body includes first and second sides with a deformable alignment passage extending there between. The deformable alignment passage is configured to elastically center opposing first and second optical fibers. The deformable alignment passage includes a first portion that is configured to receive the first optical fiber having a first core. The deformable alignment passage also includes an opposing second portion that is configured to receive the second optical fiber having a second core. The first portion and the opposing second portion of the alignment passage are defined by a common encompassing periphery, and meet at a common location within the alignment passage to present the core of the received first optical fiber in coaxial alignment with the core of the received second optical fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210018685A1 ELASTOMERIC OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT AND COUPLING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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