GB2245986B - Optical fibre end face angling - Google Patents

Optical fibre end face angling

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Publication number
GB2245986B
GB2245986B GB9110311A GB9110311A GB2245986B GB 2245986 B GB2245986 B GB 2245986B GB 9110311 A GB9110311 A GB 9110311A GB 9110311 A GB9110311 A GB 9110311A GB 2245986 B GB2245986 B GB 2245986B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
fibre end
angling
face
face angling
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Expired - Lifetime
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GB9110311A
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GB2245986A (en
GB9110311D0 (en
Inventor
John Ramsay Reid
Neil Howard Rabone
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British Telecommunications PLC
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British Telecommunications PLC
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Priority claimed from GB909010621A external-priority patent/GB9010621D0/en
Application filed by British Telecommunications PLC filed Critical British Telecommunications PLC
Priority to GB9110311A priority Critical patent/GB2245986B/en
Publication of GB9110311D0 publication Critical patent/GB9110311D0/en
Publication of GB2245986A publication Critical patent/GB2245986A/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
    • G02B6/25—Preparing the ends of light guides for coupling, e.g. cutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
    • B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
    • B24B19/00—Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group
    • B24B19/22—Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground
    • B24B19/226—Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground of the ends of optical fibres

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
GB9110311A 1990-05-11 1991-05-13 Optical fibre end face angling Expired - Lifetime GB2245986B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9110311A GB2245986B (en) 1990-05-11 1991-05-13 Optical fibre end face angling

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB909010621A GB9010621D0 (en) 1990-05-11 1990-05-11 Mechanical optical fibre splice
GB9110311A GB2245986B (en) 1990-05-11 1991-05-13 Optical fibre end face angling

Publications (3)

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GB9110311D0 GB9110311D0 (en) 1991-07-03
GB2245986A GB2245986A (en) 1992-01-15
GB2245986B true GB2245986B (en) 1994-07-06

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GB9110311A Expired - Lifetime GB2245986B (en) 1990-05-11 1991-05-13 Optical fibre end face angling

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0208497D0 (en) 2002-04-12 2002-05-22 Point Source Ltd Optical fibres

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3910677A (en) * 1974-05-13 1975-10-07 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Hyperbolic type optical fiber lens coupler for coupling the fiber to an optical line source
US4264127A (en) * 1979-04-04 1981-04-28 Amp Incorporated Optical detector assembly and method
EP0376378A2 (en) * 1988-12-24 1990-07-04 Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH Plug coaxially incorporating an optical fibre, and method for its production
WO1991002994A1 (en) * 1989-08-24 1991-03-07 Raychem Corporation Optical fiber connector which provides a high signal return loss
EP0421926A1 (en) * 1989-10-02 1991-04-10 Diamond S.A. Plug for an optical fibre

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3910677A (en) * 1974-05-13 1975-10-07 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Hyperbolic type optical fiber lens coupler for coupling the fiber to an optical line source
US4264127A (en) * 1979-04-04 1981-04-28 Amp Incorporated Optical detector assembly and method
EP0376378A2 (en) * 1988-12-24 1990-07-04 Philips Patentverwaltung GmbH Plug coaxially incorporating an optical fibre, and method for its production
WO1991002994A1 (en) * 1989-08-24 1991-03-07 Raychem Corporation Optical fiber connector which provides a high signal return loss
EP0421926A1 (en) * 1989-10-02 1991-04-10 Diamond S.A. Plug for an optical fibre

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Publication number Publication date
GB2245986A (en) 1992-01-15
GB9110311D0 (en) 1991-07-03

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Expiry date: 20110512