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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2835 (2013.01); G02B 6/02042 (2013.01); G02B 6/02328 (2013.01); G02B 6/02338 (2013.01); G02B 2006/2839 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a coupler, the method comprising: (a) heating a portion of an optical fiber having multiple cores and an initial diameter; and (b) applying a tensile force across the portion such that the portion stretches, thereby reducing the initial diameter to a reduced diameter sufficient to cause optical signals propagating in one or more of the multiple cores to leave their respective cores and enter other cores of the fiber.