Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ferrule-core concentricity measurement systems and methods
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Application No.: US14571557Application Date: 2014-12-16
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Publication No.: US09612177B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Sterling Michael Clarke , John Joseph Costello, III , En Hong , Garrett Andrew Piech , Michael Brian Webb , Elvis Alberto Zambrano
- Applicant: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Main IPC: G01N21/00
- IPC: G01N21/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G02B6/00 ; G01M11/00 ; G01B11/14 ; G02B6/38

Abstract:
Systems and methods of measuring ferrule-core concentricity for an optical fiber held by a ferrule are disclosed. The method includes: generating ferrule distance data by measuring distances to a ferrule outside surface as a function of rotation angle using a distance sensor and rotating either the ferrule or the distance sensor about an axis of rotation that is off-center from the true ferrule axis; aligning the axis of rotation with the fiber core; using the ferrule distance data to determine a position of the true ferrule center relative to the optical fiber core; and measuring the concentricity as the distance between the true center of the ferrule and the optical fiber core.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150177097A1 FERRULE-CORE CONCENTRICITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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