Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector
Patent
1994-12-06
1997-04-29
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
385 76, G02B 636
Patent
active
056257317
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for assembling a multiple component article such as an optical fiber connector and inspecting assembled multiple component articles. The method includes a step of positioning an elongated body with one free end being exposed, positioning a biasing component over the exposed end, positioning a coupling nut over the exposed end and abutting the biasing component, and applying a retaining component to the elongated body to retain the biasing component in a compressed state between the elongated body and the coupling nut. The apparatus includes a fixture or nest for retaining an elongated body of the connector in a selected orientation. Stations of the apparatus are included for placing the elongated body in the fixture in a selected orientation, placing a biasing component on the elongated body, placing a coupling nut on the elongated body over the exposed end and abutting the biasing component, and applying a retaining component to an outside surface of the elongated body for retaining the biasing component between the elongated body and the coupling nut in a compressed state. The inspection system includes a fixture for retaining the multiple component article in a selected orientation in which a portion of the elongated body and a portion of the coupling nut are exposed for inspection. An emitter/detector is provided for identifying the presence of the elongated body and the coupling nut and indicating when the elongated body and coupling nut are properly assembled. Two emitter/detectors are positioned for acting on at least two sites relative to the multiple component article retained in the fixture.
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Kaminski, III Joseph L.
Saliba Kenneth N.
Turgeon Richard D.
Lee John D.
The Whitaker Corporation
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