Traceable fiber optic cable assembly with fiber guide and tracing optical fibers for carrying light received from a light launch device

US10222560B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Anthony Sebastian Bauco · Horseheads, US
• Douglas Llewellyn Butler · Corning, US
• Ashley Wesley Jones · Denton, US
• Jason Clay Lail · Conover, US
• Eric Stephan ten Have · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4416
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cable tracing system includes a fiber optic connector with a connector fiber guide. The connector fiber guide includes a planar surface, a launch opening defined in the planar surface, and at least one alignment surface proximate the planar surface. The connector also includes a tracing optical fiber with a first launch end positioned within the launch opening of the fiber guide. The tracing optical fiber is accessible from an exterior of the housing for receiving an optical tracing signal from a launch optical fiber. The alignment surface is configured to axially align the launch optical fiber with the first tracing optical fiber.