Patent · US Expired

Ferrule for a light guide

US7160033B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Delphi Technologies · US

Inventors

Juergen Roeder · Hofgeismar, DE
Martin Herlitz · Remscheid, DE
Peter Schekalla · Wuppertal, DE
Juergen Pscheidt · Schwelm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2005
Grant date	Jan 9, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3854
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A ferrule for a light guide comprises a continuous metal sleeve which has a first tubular section and, at an axial spacing therefrom, a coaxial second tubular section which are connected to one another via an intermediate section, and a first plastic molded part formed around the free end of the first tubular section and a second plastic molded part which is provided at an axial spacing therefrom and which is formed around the ends of the two tubular sections adjacent to the intermediate section and around the intermediate section.

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