公开(公告)号：US07331719B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-19

申请号：US11591823

申请日：2006-11-02

申请人： Randy Marshall Manning ,  Lewis Edward Sauerwein ,  Takehio Hayashi ,  David D. Erdman

发明人： Randy Marshall Manning ,  Lewis Edward Sauerwein ,  Takehio Hayashi ,  David D. Erdman

IPC分类号： G02B6/36

CPC分类号： G02B6/3846 ,  G02B6/3806

摘要： A clamping assembly having a top and bottom and front and back orientation, at least one optical axis, and a pre-actuated state in which a fiber is not secured to the clamping assembly and a post-actuated state in which a fiber is secured to the clamping assembly, the clamping assembly comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a platform disposed in the housing and being fixed therein both radially and axially, the platform defining a fiber-receiving channel along the optical axis to receive at least one fiber, at least a portion of the fiber-receiving channel being accessible from the top; (c) a first cam member disposed in the housing above and adjacent to the fiber-receiving channel, the first cam member being radially actuateable within the housing, the first cam member having a first cam surface; (d) a second cam member disposed in the housing and axially slidable therein, the second cam member having a second cam surface adjacent the first cam surface and configured such that, upon forward motion of the second cam member relative to the first cam member, the first cam member is urged downward as a result of a camming action between the first and second cam surfaces; and (e) an actuator disposed slidably within the housing behind and adjacent to the second cam member and configured such that, when moved forward, it forces the second cam member forward relative to the first cam member.

摘要翻译： 具有顶部和底部以及前后取向的至少一个光轴和预致动状态的夹紧组件，其中光纤未固定到夹紧组件，以及后致动状态，其中光纤被固定到 夹紧组件，夹紧组件包括：（a）壳体; （b）平台，其设置在所述壳体中并且沿径向和轴向固定在所述平台中，所述平台沿着所述光轴限定光纤接收通道以接收至少一根光纤，所述光纤接收通道的至少一部分可从 顶端; （c）第一凸轮构件，其设置在所述壳体中并与所述光纤容纳通道相邻的位置，所述第一凸轮构件可在所述壳体内径向致动，所述第一凸轮构件具有第一凸轮表面; （d）设置在壳体中并在其中可轴向滑动的第二凸轮构件，第二凸轮构件具有邻近第一凸轮表面的第二凸轮表面，并且构造成使得当第二凸轮构件相对于第一凸轮构件向前运动时， 由于第一和第二凸轮表面之间的凸轮作用，第一凸轮构件被向下推动; 和（e）致动器，其在所述壳体内可滑动地设置在所述第二凸轮构件的后面并且邻近所述第二凸轮构件，并且构造成使得当向前移动时，所述致动器将第二凸轮构件相对于所述第一凸轮构件向前推动。