GB2151043B - Jointing optical fibre ribbon - Google Patents

Jointing optical fibre ribbon

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Publication number: GB2151043B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: optical fibre; fibre ribbon; jointing optical; jointing; ribbon
Prior art date: 1983-12-07
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

GB08430923A

Other versions

GB2151043A (en

GB8430923D0 (en

Inventor

Iain Anderson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Balfour Beatty PLC

Original Assignee

BICC PLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1983-12-07

Filing date

1984-12-07

Publication date

1987-05-20

1984-12-07 Application filed by BICC PLC filed Critical BICC PLC

1985-01-16 Publication of GB8430923D0 publication Critical patent/GB8430923D0/en

1985-07-10 Publication of GB2151043A publication Critical patent/GB2151043A/en

1987-05-20 Application granted granted Critical

1987-05-20 Publication of GB2151043B publication Critical patent/GB2151043B/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3632—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3636—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers characterised by the cross-sectional shape of the mechanical coupling means the mechanical coupling means being grooves
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3801—Permanent connections, i.e. wherein fibres are kept aligned by mechanical means
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
- G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
- G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
- G02B6/3857—Crimping, i.e. involving plastic deformation
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
- G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
- G02B6/3858—Clamping, i.e. with only elastic deformation
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)

GB08430923A 1983-12-07 1984-12-07 Jointing optical fibre ribbon Expired GB2151043B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB838332699A GB8332699D0 (en)	1983-12-07	1983-12-07	Jointing optical fibre ribbon

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8430923D0 GB8430923D0 (en)	1985-01-16
GB2151043A GB2151043A (en)	1985-07-10
GB2151043B true GB2151043B (en)	1987-05-20

Family

ID=10552974

Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB838332699A Pending GB8332699D0 (en)	1983-12-07	1983-12-07	Jointing optical fibre ribbon
GB08430923A Expired GB2151043B (en)	1983-12-07	1984-12-07	Jointing optical fibre ribbon

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB838332699A Pending GB8332699D0 (en)	1983-12-07	1983-12-07	Jointing optical fibre ribbon

Country Status (1)

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GB (2)	GB8332699D0 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4744627A (en) *	1986-11-03	1988-05-17	General Electric Company	Optical fiber holder
CA2258398A1 (en) *	1999-01-07	2000-07-07	Victor Benham	An adhesive-free lens-attached optical fibers to optical waveguide packaging system

1983
- 1983-12-07 GB GB838332699A patent/GB8332699D0/en active Pending
1984
- 1984-12-07 GB GB08430923A patent/GB2151043B/en not_active Expired

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB8332699D0 (en)	1984-01-11
GB2151043A (en)	1985-07-10
GB8430923D0 (en)	1985-01-16

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1994-08-03	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 19931207

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB2153105B (en)	1988-07-20	Optical fibre breakout
GB8409094D0 (en)	1984-05-16	Optical fibre
GB2139780B (en)	1986-08-06	Optical fibre alignment means
HK89688A (en)	1988-11-11	Optical fibre splicing
DE3566582D1 (en)	1989-01-05	Optical fibre splicing
GB2148537B (en)	1986-11-26	Optical fibre splicing
GB8325116D0 (en)	1983-10-19	Optical fibre ribbon structure
DE3470127D1 (en)	1988-05-05	Optical fiber
GB8312313D0 (en)	1983-06-08	Optical fibre splice
GB2151043B (en)	1987-05-20	Jointing optical fibre ribbon
GB2152495B (en)	1987-01-21	Cutting optical fibre ribbon
GB2162962B (en)	1988-04-13	Optical fibre splicing
GB8430919D0 (en)	1985-01-16	Optical fibre splice
GB8705173D0 (en)	1987-04-08	Optical fibre breakout
GB2141252B (en)	1986-10-01	Optical fibre splice
GB2151042B (en)	1987-03-11	Optical fibre jointing
GB2162657B (en)	1988-04-13	Optical fibre splicing
GB8324455D0 (en)	1983-10-12	Optical fibre splicing
GB8426669D0 (en)	1984-11-28	Optical fibre splicing
GB8316492D0 (en)	1983-07-20	Optical fibre ribbon structure
GB8331746D0 (en)	1984-01-04	Jointing optical fibres
GB8515778D0 (en)	1985-07-24	Optical fibre splicing
GB8430011D0 (en)	1985-01-09	Optical fibre splicing
GB8333721D0 (en)	1984-01-25	Optical fibre breakout