Connecting element for connecting a fiber-optic light guide to a light source one time and detaching the fiber-optic light guide from a light source one time
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsAndreas Dietrich, Thomas Reichert
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Abstract
A connecting element for connecting a fiber-optic light guide to a light source one time and detaching the fiber-optic light guide from a light source one time is provided. The connecting element includes a housing having a wall, where the housing encloses a cavity, a fiber-optic light guide that passes through the housing and the cavity, a connecting piece corresponding to a connecting section of the light source for establishing the connection to the light source, where the connecting section can be reused after the detachment, and prevention device configured to prevent repeated use of the connecting element and/or the light guide.
Claims17
A connecting element for connecting a fiber-optic light guide to a light source one time and detaching the fiber-optic light guide from a light source one time, comprising:
- a housing with a wall structure, which encloses a cavity;
- a fiber-optic light guide passing through the housing and the cavity;
- a connecting piece corresponding to a connecting segment of the light source for producing the connection with the light source, wherein the connecting piece is disposed at least partially in the cavity of the housing and encloses the fiber-optic light guide, wherein the connecting segment can be used again after detaching;
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- a connection prevention device configured to prevent a repeated functionally-correct use of the connecting element and/or the light guide, the connection prevention device interacting with the connecting piece so that when the fiber-optic light guide is detached from the light source, the connecting piece can be moved into a second end position relative to the housing depending on one or more selectable events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.