US 11,971,586 B2
Fiber optic connector end face encapsulant forming and curing device
Dennis Marvin Braun, Waconia, MN (US); and Yu Lu, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/296,106
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/062431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106854, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/770,267, filed on Nov. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011524 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3866 (2013.01) [B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 7/0035 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B29D 11/00663 (2013.01); B08B 2240/02 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a ferrule end face cleaning device in a housing;
an inspection scope that verifies cleaning performance of the ferrule end face cleaning device in the housing; and
a ferrule end face encapsulating device in the housing comprising a molding cavity configured to receive a ferrule and a UV source;
wherein the inspection scope is located below the molding cavity during an inspection cycle and the UV source is located below the molding cavity during an encapsulating cycle.