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| 20080267567 | Optical splicer, optical module, and method of producing optical splicer - An optical splicer | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090003778 | Fiber optic cable assembly - A fiber optic cable assembly comprising a fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers disposed within a cable sheath and having an access point through the cable sheath for accessing and preterminating at least one of the plurality of optical fibers, at least one tether attached about the access point, the at least one tether having at least one optical fiber disposed within a cable sheath, and a flexible closure substantially encapsulating the access point, a portion of the fiber optic cable and a portion of the at least one tether. At least one preterminated fiber of the fiber optic cable is spliced to the at least one optical fiber of the at least one tether, and spliced together fiber portions of the at least one preterminated fiber and the at least one tether optical fiber are not maintained within a splice tube. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090060427 | Quick terminated fiber optic termini and fiber optic cable, and method for making - A quick terminating fiber optic assembly and method of making same is provided. A pre-terminated fiber optic assembly having an optical fiber already terminated therein includes an exposed optical fiber. The exposed fiber is aligned and contacted with a second exposed optical fiber of another optical cable, and the two fibers are spliced. A sleeve is provided to cover and protect the splice and any exposed fibers. The sleeve secures the pre-terminated fiber optic termini to second optical fiber. This process terminates the second optical fiber at the termini in less time and with the same or similar tools as a conventional method of terminating optical fibers at a termini. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060428 | Methods for Accessing a Fiber Within a Fiber Optic Cable to Splice Thereto and Tools for Use with the Same - Apparatus for accessing a length of a selected one or more of a plurality of optical fibers within an outer protective jacket of a cable including the plurality of optical fibers and at least one strength member extending longitudinally therein include a cable positioning fixture. The cable positioning fixture is configured to receive a portion of the cable therein and to establish a desired orientation of the portion of the cable in the fixture relative to the at least one strength member therein while a cutting member removes a scalloped segment from the outer protective jacket. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090087150 | Index-matching gel for nanostructure optical fibers and mechanical splice assembly and connector using same - A polymer based index-matching gel for use with nanostructure optical fibers is disclosed. The index-matching gel has a viscosity η at 25° C. of 3 Pa-s≦η≦100 Pa-s, which prevents the index-matching gel from wicking into the voids and down the nanostructure optical fiber to a depth where the fiber performance and/or device performance is compromised. The gel is suitable for use when mechanically splicing optical fibers when at least one of the optical fibers is a nanostructure optical fiber. The gel is also suitable for use in fiber optic connectors wherein at least one of the optical fibers constituting the connection is a nanostructure optical fiber. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090136185 | Splice chip device - A splice tray arrangement including a tray and a splice chip. The splice chip includes a plurality of arms that define channels for holding splice elements. The arms include retaining structure for retaining a splice element in both of either one of an upper region and a lower region of a channel. The splice tray arrangement also includes a mounting arrangement for securing the splice chip to the tray at a mounting location. The mounting arrangement includes sliding interlock guides disposed on each of the splice chip and the tray. The mounting arrangement further includes flexible tabs arranged to prevent lateral movement of the splice chip when positioned at the mounting location. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090232457 | Splicer with Splicing Cassette Carrier - A splicer comprises a chassis with an opening in which a splicing unit for splicing of optical waveguides is arranged. The splicer can be controlled via a control and display apparatus. A splicing cassette carrier is arranged rotatably on the chassis. The splicing cassette carrier is designed such that it can be used both for fixing a splicing cassette or else as a carrying handle for the splicer. Furthermore, the splicer has a control unit via which the splicer is switched to an active operating mode or to a standby mode, as a function of the rotation position of the splicing cassette carrier. When the splicing cassette carrier is open, the light intensity of background lighting for the display apparatus and the light intensity of a lighting device can be controlled so they are variable. The reduced power consumption associated with this allows the operational readiness of the splicer to be lengthened. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090232458 | Optical Waveguide Splice Apparatus and Method for Performing a Splice of at Least Two Optical Fibers - An optical waveguide splice apparatus, comprises a camera adapted to record an image of at least two optical waveguides, a screen, a control unit coupled to the screen to generate a display representation to be displayed on the screen, wherein the display representation comprises a first region comprises a first portion of the recorded image and a second region comprising a second portion of the recorded image, a semitransparent layer and information about a splice process. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090324177 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE SPLICE AND CABLE RECONSTRUCTION - A new fiber optic cable splice for splicing optical fiber cables together and reconstructing fiber-optic cable that provide substantially enhanced reliability and broadened operating temperature range is disclosed. The disclosed cable splice offer reliable and user friendly solutions to applications in many harsh environments such as avionics, field vehicles, and defense related instrumentation. The cable splice consists of a preassembled one piece splice core and outer mechanical and thermal shielding layers. A simple splicing procedure and key fixtures are also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100002997 | Stretcher Fiber and Module - A stretcher fiber includes a core region, inner trench region, ring region, outer trench region, and outer cladding region. The core region has a radius r | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100021113 | Method of constructing a normal joint structure of a superconducting cable - Provided is a method of constructing a normal joint structure for connecting superconducting cables having a cable core and an optical fiber arranged along the cable core. With the method, which includes the steps of: pulling out an optical fiber from the end of each of two superconducting cables to be connected together and splicing the optical fibers thus pulled out; returning the excess length of the pulled-out optical fiber to a superconducting cable side upon the completion of splicing; and connecting the cable cores, it is possible to reduce the quantity of optical fiber housed in a joint box, and accordingly to downsize the joint box. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100074582 | SPLICING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SPLICING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FIBERS - A splicing device for optical fibers comprises a programmable splicing apparatus which can be controlled by means of at least one program parameter, for connecting optical fibers, and a speech recognition unit. Spoken text is detected via the speech recognition unit, and a spoken command is determined from the detected spoken text. The at least one program parameter of the splicing apparatus is adjusted and/or the splicing apparatus is controlled as a function of the determined spoken command. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100209055 | APPARATUS FOR SPLICING OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - An apparatus for splicing of optical waveguides including a control signal generating device for producing a control signal, a control device for providing a nominal level for the control signal, and a heating device for producing heat for heating the optical waveguides. The heating device being controlled by a level of the control signal which is dependent on the nominal level for the control signal and the heating device being designed such that a heating power of the heat is produced as a function of the level of the control signal. The control device detects any discrepancy between the nominal level for the control signal and the level of the control signal, and the control device changes the nominal level for the control signal as a function of the discrepancy found, thereby adapting the control signal as the electrodes are used. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100303426 | DOWNHOLE OPTICAL FIBER SPICE HOUSING - An apparatus for protecting a splice between optical fibers disposed in a borehole penetrating the earth, the apparatus including: a housing configured to be disposed in the borehole and having a first port and a second port, each port being configured to seal the housing to an associated fiber optic cable containing an optical fiber to be spliced; wherein the housing includes a sealed interior volume sufficient to contain a splice of the optical fibers for protection and to enable a functional bend of at least ninety degrees for at least one spliced optical fiber. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303427 | METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT FOR REAL TIME CASING IMAGING - A method for imaging a structure disposed in a borehole penetrating the earth, the method including: selecting a splice housing having a first port configured to seal the housing to a first fiber optic cable and a second port configured to seal the housing to a fiber optic sensor configured to image the structure, wherein the housing includes a sealed interior volume sufficient to contain a splice of optical fibers for protection and to enable a functional bend of at least ninety degrees for at least one spliced optical fiber; disposing a splice between an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable and an optical fiber of the fiber optic sensor in the splice housing; disposing the splice housing containing the splice in the borehole; attaching the fiber optic sensor to the structure; and disposing the structure in the borehole after the splice housing is disposed in the borehole. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100316339 | MECHANICAL SPLICE - A mechanical splice apparatus including a mechanical splice with a groove and an aligning component with a wedge. When the wedge is engaged in the groove of the mechanical splice an opening is formed in the mechanical splice and when the wedge is disengaged from the groove, the opening closes. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110097045 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY OF A HOLLOW CORE FIBRE GAS CELL SPLICED TO FIBRE ENDS AND METHODS OF ITS PRODUCTION - An optical assembly includes a gas cell and an optical fibre portion in which the gas cell is contiguously attached to the optical fibre portion. The gas cell can be made, for example from hollow-core photonic crystal fibre (HC-PCF). | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110097046 | Stretcher Fiber and Module - A stretcher fiber has a core region, inner trench region, ring region, outer trench region, and outer cladding region. The fiber regions are structured to provide the stretcher fiber with a relationship between dispersion and wavelength, such that the second and third derivatives of the stretcher fiber's propagation constant with respect to angular frequency have a shape and wavelength range matching those of a selected compressor module. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110103753 | QUICK TERMINATED FIBER OPTIC TERMINI AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING - A quick terminating fiber optic assembly and method of making same is provided. A pre-terminated fiber optic assembly having an optical fiber already terminated therein includes an exposed optical fiber. The exposed fiber is aligned and contacted with a second exposed optical fiber of another optical cable, and the two fibers are spliced. A sleeve is provided to cover and protect the splice and any exposed fibers. The sleeve secures the pre-terminated fiber optic termini to second optical fiber. This process terminates the second optical fiber at the termini in less time and with the same or similar tools as a conventional method of terminating optical fibers at a termini. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110235981 | CONNECTOR APPARATUS FOR DOWNHOLE TOOL - Embodiments and methods are disclosed herein that relate to a connection assembly to communicatively couple one or more cables to each other. The connection assembly includes a cable having a housing with a communication line disposed therein, a connection apparatus having a housing with a communication line disposed therein, and a weld coupling disposed between an end of the housing of the connection apparatus and an end of the housing of the cable such that the end of the housing of the connection apparatus and the end of the housing of the cable are connected to each other through the weld coupling. The communication line of the connection apparatus is communicatively coupled to the communication line of the cable, and the end of the housing of the connection apparatus has substantially the same diameter as the end of the housing of the cable. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110243513 | COMMUNICATION MEDIA CONNECTOR - A communication media having a first media portion defining a first end, a second media portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second communication media fused to the first end of the first media portion at a media joint, the second media portion configured to transmit data received from the first media portion; and a support sleeve disposed about the media joint. The support sleeve defines an end face, the second end of the second communication media terminating at an end surface parallel with the end face, the end face configured to be selectively connected to a media component. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110317966 | SPLICED JOINT BETWEEN TWO OPTICAL FIBERS, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A SPLICED JOINT - Disclosed is a spliced joint between two fibers, in which at least one of the fibers includes a fiber core comprising at least one inner signaling core and a pumping core that surrounds the signaling core, and a fiber cladding which rests against the pumping core and is used for guiding light within the pumping core. The fiber cladding of the at least one fiber is removed at least in part in a radial direction in a connection zone extending from the spliced end of the fiber along a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the fiber. Furthermore, a supporting jacket may be provided, inside which the spliced ends of the two fibers are arranged and which extends along the entire connection zone and therebeyond. The supporting jacket may be mechanically connected to both fibers next to the connection zone while not being mechanically connected to and being at a distance from the respective fiber along the entire connection zone. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120045184 | INSTALLATION ASSEMBLY FOR SPLICING OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHOD FOR SPLICING OPTICAL FIBERS - An installation assembly for connecting an optical fiber cable and an optical fiber connector is disclosed. The installation assembly comprises an fixing member adapted to fixing the optical fiber cable; a guiding member, the fixing member is movably provided in the guiding member so as to guide a bare fiber of the optical fiber cable into the optical fiber connector and thus to bring the bare fiber to be in effective contact with an inline optical fiber in the optical fiber connector; and a splicing member, the splicing member is fitted with the guiding member and the fixing member, and splices the bare fiber of the optical fiber cable and the inline optical fiber in the optical fiber connector. The above solution provides a simple installation assembly which is capable of splicing optical fibers with easy and simple operations at site. The above solution can be applied to splice various types of optical fibers. Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a method for splicing optical fibers. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120155812 | ALIGNMENT-IMPROVED OPTICAL-FIBER MECHANICAL SPLICER - Apparatus and methodology for mechanically splicing two optical fibers of equal or different diameters. Instead of flat V-groove structure for holding the optical fibers to be spliced, embodiments of the present invention use a concave-walled channel to better align two optical fibers if they have different diameters. The cover holding the fibers in place in the concave channel is similarly curved. The improved alignment results in more area overlap between end surfaces of the two optical fibers to be spliced. This reduces insertion loss by 0.1 dB or better, at the splice junction and, therefore, improves light signal transmission. The radius of curvature of the concave structure can be approximately two to three times the radius of the optical fibers being spliced. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120237172 | OPTICAL-FIBER MECHANICAL SPLICER USING HEAT-SHRINK FERRULE - Apparatus and methodology for providing a mechanical-only splice between two optical glass fibers. No fusion splicing is involved. A heat-shrinkable plastic ferrule containing an aperture extending from one end of the ferrule to the other accepts a different cleaved and cleaned optical fiber into each of its two ends, the fibers meeting at or near the middle of the ferrule in a parallel or coplanar manner forming a splice junction. Index matching gel is applied to at least one of the fiber ends before entering the aperture. Heat is applied to the ferrule to shrink it upon the portion of the two fibers within the ferrule (sealed fibers) and hold the splice junction in place. Epoxy can be applied to both ends of the ferrule to further seal the fiber splice junction, and to further enhance its integrity. If both fibers are sliced on an angle other than 90 degrees, when they touch inside the ferrule they are automatically coplanar without requiring intervening orientation. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130022324 | Deformable Plastic Radially Symmetric Mechanical Splicers and Connectors for Optical Fibers - Radially symmetric splicer joint and locking assemblies and connectors for optical fibers are provided. The assemblies use splicer joints formed from a slightly deformable plastic material. The splicer joints contain an axial bore having a diameter slightly less then the diameter of the stripped ends the optical fibers inserted into the axial bore. When a stripped fiber is inserted into the axial bore of the splicer joint, the bore expands slightly to frictionally receive the stripped end. The assemblies and connectors use radially symmetric locking to secure the fibers therein. The radially symmetric locking and the surface tension provided by the axial bore against the stripped ends of the fibers minimizes the occurrence of mis-alignment and reduces insertion and return losses. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130094819 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE - There is provided an optical transmission line that includes a bend insensitive fiber (BIF) defined by ITU-T Recommendation G.657 and that reduces the influence of MPI. An optical transmission line | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130108225 | Holders for Optical Fiber Splice Sleeves and Passive Optical Components | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140140668 | MECHANICAL SPLICE UNIT, MECHANICAL SPLICING TOOL, AND OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING METHOD - A mechanical splice unit of the invention includes: a mechanical splice having an optical fiber guide groove that is formed at matching surfaces of both a base and a lid in a two-part-divided structure, the mechanical splice being capable of grasping a first optical fiber at one end side of the lid; and an optical fiber splice auxiliary tool used for splice of the first optical fiber that is grasped by the mechanical splice, wherein the optical fiber splice auxiliary tool includes: a mechanical splice grasping portion that holds the mechanical splice; and a guided portion that is slidable along a guide portion formed at a splicing tool to which a second optical fiber to be spliced to the first optical fiber is fixed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150086166 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPLICING ALL-DIELECTRIC SELF-SUPPORTING FIBER OPTIC CABLE - An apparatus and method for accessing and/or repairing a select subset of fibers in an ADSS fiber optic cable. The apparatus includes a housing extending from a first end to a second end. A first fiber optic spice tray is positioned within the housing closer to the first end than to the second end. A second fiber optic spice tray is positioned within the housing and spaced apart from the first spice tray. A tension member extends through the housing and includes a first mechanical connector near the first end and a second mechanical connector near the second end. The connectors provide art attachment location for deadends at either end for transferring tension from the undamaged portion of the ADSS fiber optic cable. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150131949 | DEVICE COMPRISING WELDBONDED COMPONENTS - A method of assembling optoelectronic and/or photonic components, said method comprising: (i) providing at least two optoelectronic and/or photonic components; (ii) aligning and situating these components relative to one another and in close proximity with one another so as to: (a) provide optical coupling between these components; and (b) maintain the distance d between the adjacent parts of these components, where d is 0 to 100 μm; (iii) adhering these components to one another with while maintaining optical coupling therebetween; and (iv) laser welding these components together while maintaining optical coupling therebetween. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150372444 | Fibre Optical Laser Combiner - An optical combiner ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160103290 | DISTRIBUTION CABLE WITH BIDIRECTIONAL BREAKOUT LOCATIONS - A distribution cable arrangement includes optical fibers extending along a length; a jacket defining one or more access regions along the length to provide access to the optical fibers; and a closure disposed around each of the access regions. One or more fibers are each cut at each access region to provide first and second cut ends. Both cut ends are routed out of the jacket and terminated by optical connectors. The first and second optical connectors are positioned relative to the closure to be mateable to optical cables that are external of the closure. | 04-14-2016 |
