公开(公告)号：US20220291456A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17827099

申请日：2022-05-27

Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA

Inventor： Jozef Christiaan Mathieu VERSLEEGERS ,  Erwin JUNIUS ,  Marc Eugène Willem BERVOETS ,  Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN ,  Michael Aaron KADAR-KALLEN ,  Dwight Andrew BRETZ ,  Robert Charles FLAIG ,  Michael Ward ZITSCH ,  Randall Bobby PAUL ,  Michael Lawrence GURRERI

IPC: G02B6/38

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber alignment device including a guide feature defining a fiber alignment groove. The fiber alignment device also includes a fiber engagement component defining a reference surface arrangement and elastic cantilever arms for pressing optical fibers into the fiber alignment groove. First portions of the guide feature engage the reference surface arrangement. Second portions of the guide feature engage the cantilever arms to flex the cantilever arms to a staged position.

公开(公告)号：US20210318498A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US16321776

申请日：2017-07-28

Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA

Inventor： Jozef Christiaan Mathieu VERSLEEGERS ,  Erwin JUNIUS ,  Marc Eugène Willem BERVOETS ,  Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN ,  Michael Aaron KADAR-KALLEN ,  Dwight Andrew BRETZ ,  Robert Charles FLAIG ,  Michael Ward ZITSCH ,  Randall Bobby PAUL ,  Michael Lawrence GURRERI

IPC: G02B6/38

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber alignment device (20) including a guide feature (62a, b) defining a fiber alignment groove (48). The fiber alignment device (20) also includes a fiber engagement component (44) defining a reference surface arrangement and elastic cantilever arms (56a, b) for pressing optical fibers into the fiber alignment groove (48). First portions of the guide feature (62a, b) engage the reference surface arrangement. Second portions of the guide (62a, b) feature engage the cantilever arms (56a, b) to flex the cantilever arms to a staged position.