Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal flash conditioner for fusion splicing; and methods
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Application No.: US15662551Application Date: 2017-07-28
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Publication No.: US10761269B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Scott Carlson , Paul Suek , Marlon E. Holmquist , Mark D. Narum , Richard William Bruneau
- Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: B23K10/00
- IPC: B23K10/00 ; G02B6/255 ; G02B6/245

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method of fusion splicing an optical fiber. The method includes the steps of mechanically stripping a coating layer from the optical fiber to form a bare fiber end and inserting the bare fiber end of the optical fiber into a resistive heating element structure to remove residual coating from a cladding layer. The resistive heating element structure shapes a severed end of the coating layer such that the severed end is fully within a cylindrical envelope defined by a non-disturbed portion of the coating layer. The method further includes a step of loading the optical fiber into an alignment groove of a fiber alignment fixture such that the shaped severed end of the optical fiber is in contact with the alignment groove. The method includes a step of fusion splicing the bare fiber end of the optical fiber to a cable fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180031766A1 THERMAL FLASH CONDITIONER FOR FUSION SPLICING; AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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