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Arrangement of several ferrules for optical waveguides and process of manufacturing a belt of plastic ferrules

US6877907B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE
Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Schuhbaeck · Birkenfeld, DE
Patrick Weigert · Neufahrn, DE
Jürgen Bauer · Pocking, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2001
Grant date	Apr 12, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S439/937
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement of several ferrules for optical waveguides having at least one connection section, two ferrules respectively mutually connected by way of a connection section or mutually connected by way of a belt. In an advantageous embodiment, the ferrules are connected in one piece with the belt. In a process for producing a belt having plastic ferrules, the following process steps are implemented: Injection-molding a first plastic ferrule, conveying the finished plastic ferrule by a defined distance, and injection-molding a second plastic ferrule, so that it is connected with the first plastic ferrule. The process may further include belt segments which are injection-molded with the plastic ferrules.

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