GB2010521B - Optical fibre connectors - Google Patents

Optical fibre connectors

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Publication number
GB2010521B
GB2010521B GB7849643A GB7849643A GB2010521B GB 2010521 B GB2010521 B GB 2010521B GB 7849643 A GB7849643 A GB 7849643A GB 7849643 A GB7849643 A GB 7849643A GB 2010521 B GB2010521 B GB 2010521B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
fibre connectors
connectors
optical
fibre
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Expired
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GB7849643A
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GB2010521A (en
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Secretary of State for Defence Canada
UK Secretary of State for Defence
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Secretary of State for Defence Canada
UK Secretary of State for Defence
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Priority to GB7849643A priority Critical patent/GB2010521B/en
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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
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3834—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3843—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule with auxiliary facilities for movably aligning or adjusting the fibre within its ferrule, e.g. measuring position or eccentricity
    • 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
    • G02B6/3882—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls using rods, pins or balls to align a pair of ferrule ends
    • 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
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/4292—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB7849643A 1977-10-06 1978-12-21 Optical fibre connectors Expired GB2010521B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB7849643A GB2010521B (en) 1977-10-06 1978-12-21 Optical fibre connectors

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB4157277 1977-10-06
GB7849643A GB2010521B (en) 1977-10-06 1978-12-21 Optical fibre connectors

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB2010521A GB2010521A (en) 1979-06-27
GB2010521B true GB2010521B (en) 1982-01-13

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GB7849643A Expired GB2010521B (en) 1977-10-06 1978-12-21 Optical fibre connectors

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Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2466028A1 (en) * 1979-09-18 1981-03-27 Radiall Sa CONNECTORS FOR OPTICAL FIBERS
DE2950853C2 (en) * 1979-12-18 1984-01-12 Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG, 8500 Nürnberg Coupling device with pressure bodies for optical fibers mounted in plugs
FR2480445A1 (en) * 1980-04-09 1981-10-16 Radiall Sa Optical fibre cable clamp for connector - uses reproducible controlled compression of sheath between three or four tangential metal spheres

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GB2010521A (en) 1979-06-27

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