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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Lothar Bauer, Wiesbaden, DE;
Robert Germann, Gross Umstadt, DE;
Michael Gerst, Worms, DE;
Helmut Kreuzer, Gross-Zimmern, DE;
Gerd Stegmayer, Gross Gerau, DE;
Lothar Bauer, Wiesbaden, DE;
Robert Germann, Gross Umstadt, DE;
Michael Gerst, Worms, DE;
Helmut Kreuzer, Gross-Zimmern, DE;
Gerd Stegmayer, Gross Gerau, DE;
Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
A method and device for welding pin contacts and socket contacts to an optical waveguide, the welding device has a contact loading station, a contact transport carriage, a laser welding device, and an electrical control unit. The contact loading station has a socket contact transfer device and a pin contact transfer device. The contact transport carriage has a pin contact holder and a socket contact holder. The contact transport carriage is displaceable between the contact loading station and the laser welding station. The electrical control unit controls the combination and number of socket contacts and pin contacts transferred from the socket contact transfer device to the socket contact holder and from the pin contact transfer device to the pin contact holder without having to re-tool the welding device.