| 摘要 |
Elements for making butt splices in optical fibers are simplified when formed of a deformable material and formed to define three surfaces (18,23,30) for contacting the fibers to be spliced. The surfaces are formed between two legs (20,21) of an element such that when the legs are closed onto the fibers the surfaces center the fibers and afford a resilient spring compression reserve force on the aligned fibers to maintain them in contact and the fibers are depressed into the surfaces slightly to center the fiber cores. Should one fiber be larger than another, the surfaces will deform sufficiently to clamp onto both fiber ends and be deformed even by the smallest of the two fibers. Thus, the splice element 11 will center the cores of the optical fibers such that in aligned position 90% or better of the surfaces of the core portions be aligned. |
