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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Wenxin Zheng, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventor:
Wenxin Zheng, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/255 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2551 (2013.01); G02B 6/2553 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of calibrating a fusion splicer, including: heating ends of a first and second fiber with an arc; measuring fiber end melt-back at a corner of the first fiber and a corner of the second fiber; increasing the heat of the arc and heating the ends of the first and second fibers with the arc; measuring fiber end melt-back at the corner of the first fiber and the corner of the second fiber; determining a slope of the fiber end melt-back; and based on said slope, setting a value to adjust the heat produced by the splicer.