Patent · US Expired

Method for producing an optical fiber termination and fiber optic conductor

US7212720B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Schott AG · DE

Inventors

Achim Wied · Siefersheim, DE
Jürgen Meinl · Bärnau, DE
Thomas Henrich · Cincinnati, US
Thomas Weingärtner · Eiersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2005
Grant date	May 1, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3898
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for producing a termination of an optical fiber bundle, the optical fiber bundle is combined at one end in a crimping sleeve, and the crimping sleeve is introduced with the end of the optical fiber bundle into a compression device having a crimping tool which matches the end geometry of the optical fiber bundle. Advantageous effects are achieved by the fact that the crimping sleeve is compression molded over the end of the optical fiber bundle with a predetermined crimping force by the crimping tool, and in that the crimping force is regulated during the compression molding process depending on the material of the crimping sleeve. In this case, the compression molding process is begun, carried out and ended depending on the distance, time and/or force by a regulating unit.

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