Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
Patent
1997-06-19
1999-12-21
Ullah, Akm E.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber to a nonfiber optical device connector
G02B 600, G02B 636
Patent
active
060040459
ABSTRACT:
A device optically connects one end of an optical fiber with an optical component. The device includes an adapter with a guide extending in the direction of the optical component and holding the optical fiber in a predetermined position relative to an optical axis of the optical component. The adapter includes a portion with a cross-section which is non-symmetrical and engages with a counterpart of the optical component. The device does not comprise wearing parts, like threads in known connectors, can be easily plugged in the optical component and is fixed by magnets.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4844582 (1989-07-01), Giannini
patent: 5499311 (1996-03-01), DeCusatis
Mueller Emmerich
Snackers Hans-Juergen
Hewlett--Packard Company
Ullah Akm E.
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