Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same

US6970629B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Jason Clay Lail · Conover, US
• David Wesley Chiasson · Saskatoon, CA
• Jody L. Greenwood · Hickory, US
• David Alan Seddon · Hickory, US
• Thomas Ottmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 19, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4403
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical tube assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a dry insert. In one embodiment, the dry insert generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide and forms a core that is disposed within the tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert is compressed at least about 10 percent for coupling the at least optical waveguide to the interior surface of the tube.