Optical fiber splicer for ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords

Details Optical fiber splicer for ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords Optical fiber splicer for ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords

1993-05-13

1994-08-16

Bovernick, Rodney B.

Optical waveguides

With splice

Alignment of fiber ends prior to splicing

385 71, 385137, 385 65, K02B 638

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053393775

ABSTRACT:
To connect one ribbon-shaped optical fiber cord to an opponent ribbon-shaped optical fiber cord while making reliable optical connection therebetween, an optical fiber splicer is used. The optical fiber splicer includes as essential components an aligning member and a cover member, and the cover member is fitted into the aligning member to build an integral structure without an optical fiber using an adhesive. In practical use, after the adhesive is hardened, both the ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords are inserted into the integral structure from both sides of the optical fiber splicer so that sheathless optical fibers of both ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords are firmly received in V-shaped aligning grooves on the aligning member in a face to-face relationship. When the optical fiber splicer is used as connector plugs for an optical connector, sheathless optical fibers of both ribbon-shaped optical fiber cords are integrally connected to each other by employing an electrical charging process, and thereafter, the sheathless optical fibers are received in the V-shaped aligning grooves of the aligning member. Subsequently, the cover member is fitted into the aligning member using an adhesive to build an optical fiber splicer which in turn is cut into two segments, i.e., a first connector plug and a second connector plug both of which can be used as essential components for an optical connector in a suitable manner.

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patent: 5155787 (1992-10-01), Carpenter et al.
patent: 5236541 (1993-08-01), Sugahara
patent: 5236656 (1993-08-01), Nakajima

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