Patent · US Expired

Device for installing an optical fibre in a splice connector

US8414200B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

3References

37Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH · DE

Inventors

Lodewijk Van Noten · Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Jan Vandenbroeck · Aarschot, BE
Jan Watte · Grimbergen, BE
Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers · Bree, BE
Jan Müller · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2004
Grant date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3806
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for installing an optical fiber in a connector, comprising an optical fiber cleaving mechanism (51), a connector holding means and a fiber insertion mechanism (55) arranged such that an optical fiber may be cleaved by the cleaving mechanism to produce an end of the fiber, and the end of the fiber may be inserted by means of the insertion mechanism into a connector (1) held by the connector holding means (53).

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