US 9,804,336 B2 · Method to connect an optical fiber having a solid core with an additional optical fiber, optical fiber having a solid core with joining device and use of a 3D printer

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for connecting a solid core optical fiber (2) with another optical fiber (20), wherein the solid core optical fiber (2) comprises a joining device (10), which is created on one axial end of the solid core optical fiber (2) using a 3D printer and wherein the other optical fiber (20) is incorporated in the joining device (10) via an axial end of the other optical fiber (20), which is thus connected with the solid core optical fiber (2). In addition, the invention relates to a solid core optical fiber (2) with a joining device (10) created by a 3D-printer, and the relevant use of a 3D printer.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method of connecting a solid core optical fiber with another optical fiber, comprising:

creating, by a 3D-printer device, a joining device on an axial end of the solid core optical fiber,
the joining device comprising:
a base element formed as a plate, and
a connecting element formed as a ring, and
the other optical fiber being connected with the solid core optical fiber by inserting an axial end of the other optical fiber into the joining device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/074,668Filed 18 Mar 2016

Priority

DE 10 2015 003 65220 Mar 2015

Published

US 2016/0274308 A122 Sep 2016

Granted

31 Oct 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G02B 6/3802
Permanent connections, i.e. wherein fibres are kept aligned by mechanical means: assembly tools, e.g. crimping tool or pressing bench
G02B 6/255
Coupling light guides: splicing of light guides, e.g. by fusion or bonding
G02B 6/262
Optical coupling means: optical details of coupling light into, or out of, or between fibre ends, e.g. special fibre end shapes or associated…
B33Y 80/00
Products made by additive manufacturing

Method to connect an optical fiber having a solid core with an additional optical fiber, optical fiber having a solid core with joining device and use of a 3D printer

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Method to connect an optical fiber having a solid core with an additional optical fiber, optical fiber having a solid core with joining device and use of a 3D printer

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Abstract

Claims11