Title:
TERMINATED OPTICAL FIBER AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS6211807
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
In order to connect two optical fibers (26-26), each of two plugs (40-40) each having a passageway (41) in which is received an optical fiber is mounted in a connector body (42). Each optical fiber comprises a core (25) and a cladding (27). The plugs are destined to be received in a sleeve (75) of a coupler (60) such that their longitudinal axes (38) are coaxial. Alignment of the fiber cores (25), at least radially of the longitudinal axes (38), is accomplished by locating for each plug (40) the intersection (99) of a radial line (98) which extends through the centroid of the optical fiber core (25) with the periphery of the plug (40). An orienting pin (43) is mounted in each connector body (42) in intentional radial alignment with the intersection (99). The connector bodies (42) are inserted into opposite ends of the coupler sleeve (75) to cause each pin (43) of each connector body (42) to be received in a slot (67) in the coupler (60). The slots (67) are aligned so that when the connector bodies (42) are inserted into the coupler (60), the pins (43) orient and cause the plugs (40) to be inserted into the sleeve (75) such that the centroids of the optical fiber cores (25) are aligned along a plane that originates at and extends radially from the longitudinal axes (38).
Inventors:
PALMQUIST JOHN MARK (US)
Application Number:
JP12475586A
Publication Date:
January 20, 1987
Filing Date:
May 31, 1986
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH
International Classes:
C25B3/23; G02B6/38; G02B6/36; (IPC1-7): G02B6/36; G02B6/38
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS50136045A | 1975-10-28 | |||
| JPS59111119A | 1984-06-27 | |||
| JPS5216239A | 1977-02-07 | |||
| JPS59140411A | 1984-08-11 | |||
| JP57150810B | ||||
| JPS5857811B2 | 1983-12-22 | |||
| JPS60196706A | 1985-10-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masao Okabe