Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation
    1.
    发明授权
    Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation 失效
    光纤波导终端准备手持工具

    公开(公告)号:US4074840A

    公开(公告)日:1978-02-21

    申请号:US778885

    申请日:1977-03-18

    摘要: A tool for preparing the ends of optical fiber waveguides prior to such operations as splicing is disclosed. The tool is adapted for single-handed operation and comprises a pair of manually actuated handles, first and second fiber-supporting surfaces, and a third fiber-supporting surface interjacent the first and second. The optical fiber waveguide is secured to the first and second surfaces by a pair of clamps which are responsive to the squeezing of the handles.Once the fiber waveguide is secured to the surfaces, further squeezing of the handle produces separating rotation of a pair of jaw members to stress the fiber. A cutting blade, suspended above the third surface, is released by the manual actuation of a thumb latch positioned on the tool in alignment with the natural position of the operator's thumb when the handles are being squeezed. Rotation of the thumb latch permits the blade to fall, either under the influence of gravity or a driving spring, to produce a peripheral microcrack on a portion of optical fiber waveguide lying on the third fiber-supporting surface. The induced stress, and curved support, of the fiber waveguide act in combination to propagate the microcrack diametrically through the fiber so that an appropriate fiber end is obtained.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于在诸如拼接的操作之前准备光纤波导的端部的工具。 该工具适用于单手操作,并且包括一对手动操作的手柄,第一和第二纤维支撑表面以及与第一和第二纤维相邻的第三纤维支撑表面。 光纤波导通过对手柄的挤压作出响应的一对夹具固定在第一和第二表面上。

    Acoustic to pulse code transducer
    2.
    发明授权
    Acoustic to pulse code transducer 失效
    声控脉冲代码传感器

    公开(公告)号:US3958237A

    公开(公告)日:1976-05-18

    申请号:US563870

    申请日:1975-03-31

    CPC分类号: H04R1/005 H04Q11/04

    摘要: A transducer in a telephone handset converts acoustic signals into a digital pulse code. The transducer receives enable pulses from a concentrator system which services a group of telephones and converts each of these pulses into a group of time separated pulses having equal pulse widths. These pulses are applied to a binary coded variable capacitive coupling device. An acoustic device converts the acoustic signal into a related displacement of an output member which in turn couples to a movable capacitive plate in the capacitive coupling device. The output of the transducer is a binary word related to the value of the acoustic signal, the word being generated with each occurrence of the enable pulse. The concentrator has a clock and a pulse distributor for providing enable pulses at different intervals for each telephone set being services. Circuitry is also provided for putting in separate time frames all pulse code signals for all telephones on a twisted pair of conductors connecting the concentrator and the central office.

    Optically encoded acoustic to digital transducer
    3.
    发明授权
    Optically encoded acoustic to digital transducer 失效
    光电编码声数转换器

    公开(公告)号:US4016556A

    公开(公告)日:1977-04-05

    申请号:US563868

    申请日:1975-03-31

    CPC分类号: H04M1/003 G02F1/113 H03M1/32

    摘要: A transducer converts an acoustic signal into a digital pulse code signal through optical encoding techniques. A pulsed light source emits a beam of light along a predetermined path. A digital optical encoder is located in the path and emits a digitally encoded light beam having regions in which light is present and regions in which there is an absence of light. A rotatable mirror which is located in the path of the encoded beam is connected to a diaphragm so that the angle of deflection of the encoded beam is a function of the acoustic signal. An array of digitally encoded photoconductive elements is located in the path of the deflected encoded beam. Threshold circuitry monitors the variation in the resistance of the photoconductive elements and produces an N bit digital pulse code representative of the magnitude and polarity of the acoustic signal during each occurrence of a pulsed light beam.

    摘要翻译: 传感器通过光学编码技术将声信号转换成数字脉冲编码信号。 脉冲光源沿预定路径发射光束。 数字光学编码器位于路径中,并且发射具有存在光的区域和不存在光的区域的数字编码光束。 位于编码光束的路径中的可旋转镜连接到光阑,使得编码光束的偏转角是声信号的函数。 数字编码的光电导元件阵列位于偏转编码光束的路径中。 阈值电路监测光电导元件的电阻变化,并产生代表脉冲光束每次出现期间声信号的幅度和极性的N位数字脉冲代码。

    Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation
    4.
    发明授权
    Hand-held tool for optical fiber waveguide end preparation 失效
    光纤波导终端准备手持工具

    公开(公告)号:US4159793A

    公开(公告)日:1979-07-03

    申请号:US878217

    申请日:1978-02-16

    摘要: A tool for preparing the ends of optical fiber waveguides prior to such operations as coupling and splicing. The tool is adapted for single-handed operation and comprises a pair of manually actuated handles, first and second fiber supporting surfaces, and a third fiber supporting surface between the first and second surfaces. The optical fiber waveguide is secured to the first and second surfaces by a pair of clamping members which are responsive to the squeezing of the handles. Once the fiber waveguide is secured to the surfaces, further squeezing of the handles produces separating rotation of a pair of jaw members to put the fiber under tensile stress. A cutting blade suspended above the third surface is released to produce a peripheral microcrack on a portion of the optical fiber waveguide lying on the third fiber supporting surface. The induced stress and curved support of the fiber waveguide act in combination to propagate the microcrack diametrically through the fiber so that an appropriate fiber end is obtained. Various modifications and refinements of the tool provide for greater control and semi-automatic operation in preparing fiber ends.

    摘要翻译: 用于在诸如耦合和拼接的操作之前准备光纤波导的端部的工具。 该工具适用于单手操作,并且包括一对手动致动的手柄,第一和第二纤维支撑表面以及在第一和第二表面之间的第三纤维支撑表面。 光纤波导通过对手柄的挤压作出反应的一对夹紧构件固定在第一和第二表面上。 一旦光纤波导固定在表面上,手柄的进一步挤压产生一对钳口构件的分离旋转,以使纤维处于拉伸应力。 释放悬挂在第三表面上的切割刀片,以在位于第三纤维支撑表面上的光纤波导的一部分上产生外围微裂纹。 纤维波导的感应应力和弯曲支撑结合起来,通过纤维直径传播微裂纹,从而获得适当的光纤端。 该工具的各种修改和改进提供了在制备光纤端部时的更大的控制和半自动操作。

    Transducer for converting acoustic energy directly into optical energy
    5.
    发明授权
    Transducer for converting acoustic energy directly into optical energy 失效
    用于将声能直接转换为光能的传感器

    公开(公告)号:US4071753A

    公开(公告)日:1978-01-31

    申请号:US563869

    申请日:1975-03-31

    摘要: A transducer is disclosed in which energy received from either mechanical or acoustic sources is converted into modulated optical power. The transducer is comprised of three basic components, an input optical fiber, an output optical fiber and a means for varying the optical coupling coefficient between the two fibers in response to information containing energy received from a mechanical or acoustic source. The input optical fiber carries a steady state optical signal which may be either continuous or pulsed. The means operates to control the coupling of the steady state optical signal into the output optical fiber. An intensity modulated output signal is then carried by the output optical fiber away from the transducer. The intensity modulated output signal may be either detected and thereby converted to electrical energy for transmission or may be transmitted in an optical form if optical communications facilities are available.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种传感器,其中从机械或声源接收的能量被转换成调制光功率。 传感器包括三个基本部件,输入光纤,输出光纤和用于响应于包含从机械或声源获得的能量的信息而改变两个光纤之间的光耦合系数的装置。 输入光纤承载可以是连续的或脉冲的稳态光信号。 该装置用于控制稳态光信号耦合到输出光纤中。 然后,强度调制输出信号由输出光纤远离换能器传送。 强度调制输出信号可以被检测,从而被转换成用于传输的电能,或者如果光通信设施可用,则可以以光学形式传输强度调制输出信号。

    Apparatus for and method of converting from a digital signal to an
acoustic wave using a piezoelectric beam
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for and method of converting from a digital signal to an acoustic wave using a piezoelectric beam 失效
    使用压电波束从数字信号转换成声波的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US3947708A

    公开(公告)日:1976-03-30

    申请号:US527668

    申请日:1974-11-27

    IPC分类号: H04R1/00 H01L41/04

    CPC分类号: H04R1/005

    摘要: A piezoelectric beam is fixed at one end and is subdivided into segments, each of which is deflected by a logic one in one of the magnitude bit locations of a digital word. The total deflection of the beam is related to the total magnitude of the digital word. The segment closest to the fixed end is controlled by the most significant bit, and the segment closest to the free end is controlled by the least significant bit. The free end is connected to the cone of a speaker so that the acoustic signal resulting from the motion of the cone is related to the digital word. A buffer regulates the polarity of the voltages applied to each segment according to the sign bit in the word so that the beam deflects in either of two directions depending on the polarity of the digital word.

    摘要翻译: 压电波束固定在一端并被细分成多个段,每个段被数字字的一个幅度比特位置中的逻辑1偏转。 光束的总偏转量与数字字的总幅度有关。 最靠近固定端的段由最高有效位控制,最靠近自由端的段由最低有效位控制。 自由端连接到扬声器的锥体,使得由锥体的运动产生的声信号与数字字有关。 缓冲器根据字中的符号位来调节施加到每个段的电压的极性,使得光束根据数字字的极性在两个方向中的任一个上偏转。