Winged V-groove fiber optic clamp and splicer

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1979-10-04

1981-06-30

Ball, Michael W.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor

Means joining flexible indefinite length or endless bodies...

156158, 350 9621, G02B 516

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042761131

ABSTRACT:
Optical fibers are held and aligned by means of a base member and a cover. The base member has a longitudinal recessed V-shaped groove along a fiber engaging face thereof, and a plurality of rectangular transverse slots spaced along the groove. The slots extend to a depth extending the groove. The cover has a longitudinal extended V-shaped protuberance along a face of the cover which engages the base member. The protuberance corresponds in size and shape to the recessed V-shaped groove, but is blunt at its apex. A plurality of rectangular transverse inverted V-shaped fingers are spaced along the protuberance, and are blunt at their apices. The fingers have a length not exceeding the depth of the slots.
A system for splicing two optical fibers in alignment with each other utilizes three of the foregoing clamps, two to hold the fibers temporarily in place and one as the splice part itself. Optical adhesive is used for affixing the ends of the fibers and the splice clamp to each other.

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"Optical Fiber Connector", Dalgleish & Lucas, Electronics Letters; Jan. 9, 1975, vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 25-26.

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