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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Eric Yuen-jun Chan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alex A. Kazemi, Altadena, CA (US);
Dennis G. Koshniz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Yuen-Jun Chan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alex A. Kazemi, Altadena, CA (US);
Dennis G. Koshniz, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for providing an improved interconnection between an optical fiber and an optical package is described. The method includes inserting an end of the fiber through a feed through tube and into a main body of the optical package, a portion of the fiber proximate the end being metalized, attaching the metalized portion of the fiber within the main body of the optical package, a portion of the metalized fiber remaining within the feed through tube, inserting a stopping device into the feed through tube, melting solder within the feed through tube, in an area between the stopping device and the main body of the optical device, the area containing metalized fiber, compressing the melted solder using the stopping device, removing the stopping device from the feed through tube after the solder has solidified, and attaching a jacket associated with the optical fiber within the feed through tube.