Wave conductor, waveguide connector, and communications link

US11041996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE
• HUBER+SUHNER AG · CH

Inventors

• Christian Rusch · Schifferstadt, DE
• Carlos Almeida · Mississauga, CA
• Gunther Mumper · Egelsbach, DE
• Stefan Gläser · Bottighofen, CH
• Rolf Jetter · Darmstadt, DE
• Jorg Bieber · Darmstadt, DE
• Martin Seifert · West Simsbury, US
• Andreas Engel · Hiltenfingen, DE
• Wolfgang Muller · Königsfeld, DE
• Lam Nyguyen Nhu · Bensheim, DE
• Ulf Hügel · Herisau, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 20, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 22, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/36
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wave conductor for electromagnetic waves, waveguide connector and communications linkA wave conductor for electromagnetic waves, preferably a millimeter-wave wave conductor, in particular for a digital communication application, with a conductor core and a one conductor sheathing. The conductor sheathing surrounds the conductor core at least partially in the longitudinal direction and at least partially in the circumferential direction of the wave conductor. One longitudinal section of the wave conductor has cross-sections which deviate from a circle at the outside of the wave conductor and/or at the outside of the conductor sheathing.Further, a waveguide connector for electromagnetic waves, preferably millimeter-wave waveguide connectors, in particular flying or installable waveguide connectors for a wave conductor. The waveguide connector has a wave conductor plug-in recess in which a longitudinal section of the wave conductor is directly placeable. The wave conductor plug-in recess has an inner circumference coding formation by means of which the wave conductor is placeable in at least one specific orientation in the wave conductor plug-in recess.