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Sealed fiber-optic bundle feedthrough

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posted on 2016-06-07, 00:00 authored by Carol Tanner
A sealed fiber-optic bundle feedthrough by which a multitude of fiber-optic elements may be passed through an opening or port in a wall or structure separating two environments at different pressures or temperatures while maintaining the desired pressure or temperature in each environment. The feedthrough comprises a rigid sleeve of suitable material, a bundle of individual optical fibers, and a resin-based sealing material that bonds the individual optical fibers to each other and to the rigid sleeve.

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Patent Number

US 6445869 B2

Other Application

09/783,416

Inventor

Carol Tanner

Inventor from Local Institution

Carol Tanner

Assignee

University of Notre Dame Du Lac

Date Modified

2017-08-01

Language

  • English

Claims

16

Publisher

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Cooperative Patent Classification Codes

G02B 6/04 (20130101); G02B 6/4248 (20130101)

Contributor

Carol Tanner

International Patent Classification Codes

G02B 6/36 (20060101); G02B 6/42 (20060101); G02B 006/10 ()

US Patent Classification Codes

385/138;

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