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Optical fiber splicing module

US6048108A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/3806
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber splicing module includes a receiving housing having a longitudinal cavity with two fiber insertion orifices through two end walls of the cavity, a fiber immobilizing member and a pressing arrangement in the cavity and a closure cap that can be clipped to the housing. The fiber immobilizing member substantially closes off the cavity and carries the pressing arrangement which is therefore received facing a groove in the bottom of the cavity and aligned with the orifices. The cap can be clipped to the housing in such a way as to define two positions of the member in the cavity, for allowing the fibers to pass and for immobilizing them in the groove.

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