Fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10928274-B2
Application number	US-201815996136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Priority date	Mar 9, 2018
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

A fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus for a measurement system is provided. The apparatus may comprise a main body comprising an enclosure and two openings. The enclosure may encase a fiber-optic cable within the main body in an organized manner. The two openings may fit connecting ends of the fiber-optic cable such that the connecting ends of may be exposed in order to connect two modular components of a measurement system and form a closed measurement loop. The main body, when in a closed configuration, may stabilizes the fiber-optic cable encased within from external conditions, such as mechanical, thermal, or other environmental conditions that may affect measurements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus comprising:
a main body comprising an enclosure and two openings, wherein the main body allows the fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus to be in an open configuration or a closed configuration, wherein:
the enclosure to encase a fiber-optic cable within the main body in an organized manner, the fiber-optic cable having two connecting ends; and
each of the two openings to fit one of the two connecting ends of the fiber-optic cable within the main body, wherein the two openings are separated by a predetermined distance so that the connecting ends of the fiber-optic cable are separated by the predetermined distance and exposed to provide interconnectivity between two adjacent modular components of a measurement system and form a closed measurement loop, wherein the predetermined distance of the two openings matches a distance between ports of the two adjacent modular components; and

wherein the main body, when in a closed configuration, stabilizes the fiber-optic cable from external conditions.

2. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the measurement system measures at least one of insertion loss (IL), optical return loss (ORL), polarization dependent loss (PDL), and extinction ratio (ER).

3. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises a molded shape for which the fiber-optic cable is organized.

4. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the molded shape is a cylindrical shape around which the fiber-optic cable is to be coiled.

5. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main body is formed of material that is at least one of metallic, rubber, plastic, carbon fiber, glass, and moldable material.

6. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external conditions are at least one of mechanical, thermal, and environmental.

7. The fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the two openings comprises at least one of a translation gap, a rotation gap, an axial gap, and a u-shaped bracket to provide compatibility to different types of connecting ends and flexibility of movement within for the fiber-optic interconnection stabilization apparatus.

Assignees

• Viavi Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Adams Robert Matthew
• Philipson Joshua
• Debs Elias
• Peach-Donovan Shauna
• Graves Jeff

Classifications

• G02B6/3897

  Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards (G02B6/44528 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01M11/33 Primary

  with a light emitter being disposed at one fibre or waveguide end-face, and a light receiver at the other end-face · CPC title

• G02B6/3823

  containing surplus lengths, internal fibre loops (provisionally see also G02B6/444) · CPC title

• G02B6/4457

  Bobbins; Reels · CPC title