Optical fiber termination featuring ultrasonic retention of a plastic optical fiber end

US6599026B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• AMP Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Fahrnbauer · Munich, DE
• Patrick Weigert · Neufahrn, DE
• Hannes Wendling · Langen, DE
• Klaus Wiese · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3855
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical fiber termination that includes fastening a plastic optical fiber end in a plastic contact tube, wherein the optical fiber end is introduced into the contact tube to a defined position, and the contact tube is subjected to ultrasonic energy whereby the contact tube and optical fiber end are joined together.