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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2025
Schott Ag, Mainz, DE;
Martin Cramer, Mainz, DE;
Sandra Mattheis, Mainz, DE;
Marc Timon Sprzagala, Mainz, DE;
Kerstin Russert, Mainz, DE;
Jonas Grimm, Mainz, DE;
Henrik Groß, Mainz, DE;
SCHOTT AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
An assembly device includes a sleeve having an end face and a fiber bundle circumferentially fused at its circumferential surface with a glass tube. The fiber bundle with the glass tube having a common end face. The fiber bundle with the glass tube forming a tapered region towards the common end face. The common end face has a fused, rigid section. The common end face is designed or designable as a ground and/or polished surface. The fiber bundle is cohesively fixed or fixable in the tapered region in or on a fixing section of the sleeve by an adhesive. The common end face has an offset relative to the fixing section such that the common end face is arranged or arrangeable to be spaced apart with an offset from the fixing section with the adhesive. The fixing section and the common end face are separated or separable from each other.