Amp LLC

Russell H Williams

William L Schumacher

Robert F Meeham

A method is disclosed for assembling an optic connector concentrically with a core of an optic waveguide cable by use of a fixture which retains the connector and core in concentric alignment while being secured to each other by adhesive bonding.

Concentric optic termination utilizing a fixture

An optical detector assembly is disclosed for detecting light-dark variations in an encoded surface or the like. The assembly includes a resilient ferrule having a profiled bore for receiving a transmitting and a receiving optical waveguide therein in axially adjacent relationship and crimping means for radially compressing a nose portion of the ferrule around the waveguides holding the waveguides in closest proximity. End surfaces of the assembly waveguides and resilient ferrule are subsequently prepared at a common prescribed angle so that, upon normally positioning the detector assembly above the encoded surface, transmitted light is refracted at the transmitting waveguide end surface toward a relatively small detection zone of the encoded surface. The like-angled end surface of the receiving waveguide receives, with refraction, light reflected from the detection zone.

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Wormleysburg, PA, United States of America

Russell H Williams