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US 12,625,322 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for facilitating hollow core fiber splicing evacuation
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRicky Perry, Byoung-Jo J. Kim
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, applying a contaminant-mitigation technique to a chamber, wherein the chamber seats a first end of a first hollow core fiber (HCF) and a second end of a second HCF, cutting a first portion of the first end, resulting in a first exposed end, cutting a second portion of the second end, resulting in a second exposed end, and joining the first exposed end and the second exposed end to generate a single HCF. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a cutting tool;
- a fusion splicing tool;
- a pump;
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a positive pressurization parameter for the pump by a machine learning (ML) process, an artificial intelligence (AI) process, or any combination thereof, wherein the determining is based upon an identification of environmental conditions an identification of a material that is used for one or more fibers, and an identification of an application where the one or more fibers will be used;
- applying, via the pump, a contaminant-mitigation technique to a chamber, wherein the chamber seats a first end of a first hollow core fiber (HCF) and a second end of a second HCF, and wherein the contaminant-mitigation technique is applied using the positive pressurization parameter, resulting in an increase in pressure in the chamber over atmospheric pressure;
- cutting, via the cutting tool, a first portion of the first end, resulting in a first exposed end, wherein the cutting of the first portion occurs within the chamber;
- cutting, via the cutting tool, a second portion of the second end, resulting in a second exposed end, wherein the cutting of the second portion occurs within the chamber;
- and
- joining, via the fusion splicing tool, the first exposed end and the second exposed end to generate a single HCF, wherein the fusion splicing tool utilizes an electric arc, a laser, a gas flame, a tungsten filament or any combination thereof.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor that is communicatively coupled to a cutting tool, a fusion splicing tool, and a pump, to facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- determining a positive pressurization parameter for the pump by a machine learning (ML) process, an artificial intelligence (AI) process, or any combination thereof, wherein the determining is based upon an identification of environmental conditions an identification of a material that is used for one or more fibers, and an identification of an application where the one or more fibers will be used;
- applying, via the pump, a contaminant-mitigation technique to a chamber, wherein the chamber seats a first end of a first hollow core fiber (HCF) and a second end of a second HCF, and wherein the contaminant-mitigation technique is applied using the positive pressurization parameter, resulting in an increase in pressure in the chamber over atmospheric pressure;
- cutting, via the cutting tool, a first portion of the first end, resulting in a first exposed end, wherein the cutting of the first portion occurs within the chamber;
- cutting, via the cutting tool, a second portion of the second end, resulting in a second exposed end, wherein the cutting of the second portion occurs within the chamber;
- and
- joining, via the fusion splicing tool, the first exposed end and the second exposed end to generate a single HCF, wherein the fusion splicing tool utilizes an electric arc, a laser, a gas flame, a tungsten filament or any combination thereof.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processing system of a device, a positive pressurization parameter for a pump of the device, wherein the determining is by a machine learning (ML) process, an artificial intelligence (AI) process, or any combination thereof, wherein the determining is based upon an identification of environmental conditions an identification of a material that is used for one or more fibers, and an identification of an application where the one or more fibers will be used;
- applying, via the pump of the device, a contaminant-mitigation technique to a chamber, wherein the chamber seats a first end of a first hollow core fiber (HCF) and a second end of a second HCF, and wherein the contaminant-mitigation technique is applied using the positive pressurization parameter, resulting in an increase in pressure in the chamber over atmospheric pressure;
- cutting, via a cutting tool of the device, a first portion of the first end, resulting in a first exposed end, wherein the cutting of the first portion occurs within the chamber;
- cutting, via the cutting tool of the device, a second portion of the second end, resulting in a second exposed end, wherein the cutting of the second portion occurs within the chamber;
- and
- joining, via a fusion splicing tool of the device, the first exposed end and the second exposed end to generate a single HCF, wherein the fusion splicing tool utilizes an electric arc, a laser, a gas flame, a tungsten filament or any combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.