公开(公告)号：US20200183094A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16316286

申请日：2017-07-07

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Giorgio POLICANTE ,  Laurens Izaak WUIJCKHUIJSE ,  Antonius Bernardus Gerardus BOLHAAR ,  Franciscus Karel Maria VAN GEIJN ,  Dirk Alexander DE GAST ,  Paul SCHNEIDER ,  Tom DE BOER

IPC: G02B6/38 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B9/00

Abstract: A fiber optic ferrule inspection tool (100) inspects and cleans a fiber optic ferrule (900). The tool includes a mounting arrangement (216), a camera (500), a grazing light assembly (800), an axial light (512), and a nozzle (320, 320′). The mounting arrangement (216) is adapted to releasably mount the fiber optic ferrule. The camera (500) is mounted to the mounting arrangement and captures at least one image (920, 922) of the fiber optic ferrule. The grazing light assembly (800) is mounted to the mounting arrangement and is adapted to emit grazing light and thereby illuminate an end (902) of the fiber optic ferrule. Rays (rg) of the grazing light are oriented to the end of the fiber optic ferrule within an angular range of 0 to 30 degrees. Rays (ra) of the axial light (512) are oriented to the end of the fiber optic ferrule about an angular range within 30 to 90 degrees. The nozzle (320, 320′) is positioned by the mounting arrangement and is adapted to supply ionized air (352) and thereby clean and electrostatically neutralize the fiber optic ferrule.

公开(公告)号：US20180329156A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15777620

申请日：2016-11-18

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC ,  COMMSCOPE ASIA HOLDINGS B.V.

Inventor： Robert Charles FLAIG ,  Michael Lawrence GURRERI ,  Joshua Lee WEBB ,  Michael Aaron KADAR-KALLEN ,  Randall Bobby PAUL ,  Dwight Andrew BRETZ ,  Paul SCHNEIDER ,  Tom DE BOER ,  Dirk Alexander DE GAST

IPC: G02B6/38

CPC classification number: G02B6/3863 ,  G02B6/3853 ,  G02B6/3861

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. In one example, an energy source is used to remove excess adhesive from the end face of the fiber and likely from an end face of the ferrule.