Patent · US Expired

Sleeve insert and sleeve for guiding optical waveguide elements and for accommodating a splicing device

US6751394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

8Claims

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Assignee

CCS Technology Corporation · US

Inventors

Thorsten Müller · Friedrichshafen, DE
Rainer Zimmer · Breckerfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2002
Grant date	Jun 15, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4459
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sleeve insert for guiding optical waveguide elements and for accommodating a splicing device, comprising a profiled body being adapted to the dimension of the respective sleeve. The sleeve insert provides for clear and secure arrangement of the optical waveguide elements, that is to say of the multifiber buffers and ribbon fibers and for the accommodation of splicing devices in one sleeve.

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