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Coupling device for an optical waveguide having a centering device

US10215976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Klose · Denzlingen, DE
Clemens Meier · Nassau (Lahn), DE
Roland Reichenbach · Glottertal, DE
Volker Gruber · Alpirsbach, DE
Jonas Moosmann · Schramberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2017
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/0006
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coupling device (9) for an optical waveguide (8), in particular for an endoscope (2) or a light source (3), having an optical waveguide receptacle (11) aligned with a light-coupling optical unit (10), and having a centering device (12) for aligning an optical waveguide (8) with respect to the optical axis (26). The centering device (12) has at least two transmission elements (25) acted upon by a spring (30), and has centering elements (19), and wherein the spring force is distributed by a transmission element (25) uniformly to all the centering elements (19).

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