Mold having movable plate-shaped cores
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorI-THUN LIN
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Abstract
A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber connector includes a blind hole for accommodating an optical fiber and an aspherical lens portion for optically coaxial with the optical fiber. The mold includes a rod-shaped core for forming the blind hole and a plate-shaped core. The plate-shaped core includes an aspherical recess for forming the lens portion. The aspherical recess faces the rod-shaped core, and is adjustably movable relative to the first core so as to achieve alignment between the aspherical recess and the rod-shaped core.
Claims7
A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector, the optical fiber connector comprising a blind hole for accommodating an optical fiber and an aspherical lens portion for optically coupling with the optical fiber, the mold comprising:
- a rod-shaped core for forming the blind hole;
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- a plate-shaped core comprising an aspherical recess for forming the lens portion, the aspherical recess facing the rod-shaped core, the plate-shaped core being adjustably movable relative to the rod-shaped core so as to achieve alignment between the aspherical recess and the rod-shaped core.
A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector, comprising:
- a male mold;
- a female mold attached to the male mold, the male mold and the female mold cooperatively defining a molding cavity, the female mold having a through hole in communication with the molding cavity;
- a plurality of rod-shaped cores extending through the male mold, an end portion of each rod-shaped core exposed in the molding cavity;
- a plate-shaped core extending through the through hole, the plate-shaped core having a distal end exposed in the molding cavity and a plurality of aspherical recesses defined in the distal end, the plate-shaped core being adjustably movable relative the rod-shaped cores;
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- a plurality of spacers selectively disposed between the plate-shaped core and the female mold in the through hole, the spacers configured for adjusting and maintaining alignment between the rod-shaped cores and the aspherical recesses of the plate-shaped core.
A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector, the mold comprising:
- a first mold including a first parting surface and a cavity defined in the first parting surface;
- a second mold including a second parting surface, the second mold attached to the first mold with the first parting surface contacting the second parting surface;
- a plurality of rod-shaped cores extending through the first mold, an end portion of each rod-shaped core exposed in the cavity;
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- a plate-shaped core extending through the second mold and protruding beyond the second parting surface, the plate-shaped core comprising an end face and a plurality of recesses defined in the end face, the plate-shaped core being adjustable movable relative to the rod-shaped cores so as to achieve alignment between the recesses and the rod-shaped cores.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.