Optical fiber device manufacturing systems, apparatuses, and methods
AssigneeATTN: Intellectual Property Department, Corvis Corporation
InventorSandesh Devegowda
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for the automated manufacture of optical fiber devices including a fiber magazine and a plurality of fiber cassettes within the magazine. The cassettes include alignment members and optical fiber in which the devices are to be formed. A plurality of work stations include assemblies for processing the fiber in the cassettes and reciprocal alignment structures corresponding to the alignment members of the cassettes.
Claims20
A system for manufacturing an optical fiber device comprising:
- a fiber magazine
- a plurality of fiber cassettes within the magazine, the cassettes including alignment members and optical fiber in which the device is to be manufactured;
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- a plurality of work stations including assemblies for processing the fiber in the cassettes, and including alignment members corresponding to the alignment members of the cassettes.
A method of manufacturing optical fiber devices, comprising aligning a plurality of optical fibers with a corresponding plurality of processing assemblies;
- engaging the fibers with the assemblies;
- processing the fibers;
- disengaging the fibers from the assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.