AU2003233878A1 - Fibre optic connector - Google Patents

Fibre optic connector

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Publication number
AU2003233878A1
AU2003233878A1 AU2003233878A AU2003233878A AU2003233878A1 AU 2003233878 A1 AU2003233878 A1 AU 2003233878A1 AU 2003233878 A AU2003233878 A AU 2003233878A AU 2003233878 A AU2003233878 A AU 2003233878A AU 2003233878 A1 AU2003233878 A1 AU 2003233878A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
optic connector
fibre optic
fibre
connector
optic
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Abandoned
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AU2003233878A
Inventor
James Gordon Burnett
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Qinetiq Ltd
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Qinetiq Ltd
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Publication of AU2003233878A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003233878A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
    • G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2848—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers having refractive means, e.g. imaging elements between light guides as splitting, branching and/or combining devices, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02042—Multicore optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends
    • G02B6/325—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre ends comprising a transparent member, e.g. window, protective plate

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
AU2003233878A 2002-05-18 2003-05-07 Fibre optic connector Abandoned AU2003233878A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0211445A GB0211445D0 (en) 2002-05-18 2002-05-18 Fibre optic connector
GB0211445.2 2002-05-18
PCT/GB2003/001950 WO2003098290A1 (en) 2002-05-18 2003-05-07 Fibre optic connector

Publications (1)

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AU2003233878A1 true AU2003233878A1 (en) 2003-12-02

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AU (1) AU2003233878A1 (en)
GB (1) GB0211445D0 (en)
WO (1) WO2003098290A1 (en)

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WO2014105902A1 (en) * 2012-12-26 2014-07-03 Commscope, Inc. Of North Carolina Flutes for ferrule to fiber bonding
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GB0211445D0 (en) 2002-06-26

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Legal Events

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase