公开(公告)号：US11280963B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US16642779

申请日：2018-08-29

Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA

Inventor： Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers ,  Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets

IPC: G02B6/25 ,  G02B6/38 ,  G02B6/44

Abstract: A cleaving mechanism (20) and related method is adapted to cleave an optical fiber (10) and thereby produce a cleaved end on the optical fiber. The cleaving mechanism (20) includes a fixture (40), a cleave tool (60) for cleaving the optical fiber, and a clamp assembly (80). The clamp assembly (80) may hold the optical fiber without substantial twisting of the optical fiber (10). The fixture and/or the clamp assembly (80) may include a pair of leaf springs (92) that contact and bend around the optical fiber (10) to secure the optical fiber (10) in a clamped position.

公开(公告)号：US11073660B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16647411

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA

Inventor： Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets ,  Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers ,  Marc M. Vanbergen ,  Alfons Rudi Hermans ,  Heidi Kemps ,  Stefano Beri

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/25

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for cleaving an optical fiber. The method includes providing an optical fiber (62), which is a bend-insensitive, single-mode optical fiber having a depressed index cladding layer that does not include any air inclusions. The method further includes applying energy to a section of the optical fiber (62) between a first location of the optical fiber and a second location of the optical fiber. The method also includes mechanically cleaving the optical fiber between the first and second locations of the optical fiber to provide cleaved optical fiber ends.

公开(公告)号：US11347005B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

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.