Optical fiber chuck

Details Optical fiber chuck Optical fiber chuck

1994-05-19

1995-07-25

Lee, John D.

Optical waveguides

Accessories

External retainer/clamp

385 65, 385 98, G02B 636

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054370000

ABSTRACT:
A fiber chuck comprising a rod made of a vitreous material having a fiber groove for an optical fiber. The optical fiber lies in the fiber groove, and a clamping mechanism holds the optical fiber in place. The fiber holding chuck positions the optical fiber without damaging the fiber in order to align the fiber with another fiber. The clamping mechanism maintains the position of the aligned fiber. Preferably, the fiber chuck mounts in a chuck groove of a chuck mounting fixture. The chuck mounting fixture can attach to a fiber positioning mechanism, and the positioning mechanism positions the chuck mounting fixture along with the fiber chuck and the optical fiber to align and splice two optical fibers together while reducing the risk of damage to the optical fibers.

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patent: 4973126 (1990-11-01), Degani et al.
patent: 5159655 (1992-10-01), Ziebol et al.
patent: 5340371 (1994-08-01), Dyott

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