Manufacture and testing of fiber optic cassette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9753229-B2
Application number	US-201314432038-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2013
Priority date	Sep 28, 2012
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fixture for a flexible optical circuit, the fixture comprising:
a main body having a base defining a plurality of holes sized to receive ferrules and a plurality of channels positioned to receive extensions of the flexible optical circuit, with the extensions of the flexible optical circuit being terminated by the ferrules;
the base being sized to receive a substrate of the flexible optical circuit, the substrate being coupled to the extensions of the flexible optical circuit; and
a clamp member positioned to hold the ferrules in place within the holes during assembly of the flexible optical circuit.

2. The fixture of claim 1 , further comprising a member sized to hold a connector positioned at an end of the flexible optical circuit opposite to that of the extensions.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronic Uk Ltd
• Te Connectivity Amp Espana S L U
• Tyco Electronics Nederland Bv
• Adc Telecommunications Inc
• Commscope Connectivity Uk Ltd
• Commscope Connectivity Spain Sl
• Commscope Asia Holdings Bv
• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Murray David Patrick
• Bolhaar Ton
• Schneider Paul
• Mateo Rafael
• Cabacho Luis
• Wentworth Michael
• Brandt Steven J
• Buijs Marcellus P J
• Dorrestein Alexander
• Rietveld Jan Willem

Classifications

• G02B6/44528 Primary

  Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box (routing arrangements H04Q1/00) · CPC title

• G02B6/3863

  fabricated by using polishing techniques (grinding of the fibre ends B24B19/226) · CPC title

• G02B6/3885

  Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type (optical ribbon cable G02B6/4403, G02B6/448) · CPC title

• G02B6/4453

  Cassettes · CPC title

• Y10T29/4981

  Utilizing transitory attached element or associated separate material · CPC title