Device for the optically conductive connection of two optical waveguides
AssigneeKrone Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBernd Staudte
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for the optical conductive connection of two optical waveguides 1, 2, comprising a sleeve body 3, 13 overlapping the ends of the optical waveguides, and being twistable and plastically deformable. In order to achieve a simple construction and handling of the device, the invention provides that the sleeve body 3, 13 is composed of an outer sleeve jacket 7, 17 with a continuous longitudinal slot. The sleeve jacket is twistable and elastically deformable. The inner side of the sleeve jacket, of support crosspieces 8, 18, form circular segments, in their cross sections, and enclosing a central through-opening 9, 19 for receiving the ends of the optical waveguides 1, 2.
Claims16
A device for optically conductively connecting two optical waveguides, comprising:
- a sleeve body overlapping ends of the two optical waveguides, said sleeve body being composed of a material means which is twistable and plastically deformable for clamping the ends of the two optical waveguides, said sleeve body comprising an outer sleeve jacket defining a continuous longitudinal slot and, on an inner side of said sleeve jacket a plurality of support crosspieces forming segments of a cross section of said sleeve body, said sleeve jacket defining a central through opening for receiving the ends of the optical waveguides.
A device for optically conductively connecting first and second optical waveguides, the device comprising:
- a sleeve body including a first end and a second end, said sleeve body defining a through-opening extending at said first end being positioned around the first optical waveguide, and said through-opening at said second end being positioned around said second optical waveguide, said sleeve body including clamping means for reducing a diameter of said through-opening and rigidly fixing the first and second optical waveguides, said clamping means reducing said diameter of said through-opening by a twisting motion of said first end with respect to said second end and by said clamping means being plastically deformable.
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