US 11,984,238 B2
Optoelectrical guide/conductor system with adapter sleeve
Bernd Schultheis, Schwabenheim (DE); Oliver Keiper, Hünstetten (DE); and Christian Henn, Frei-Laubersheim (DE)
Assigned to SCHOTT AG, Mainz (DE)
Filed by SCHOTT AG, Mainz (DE)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/939,927.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 120 324.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0027917 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01B 11/22 (2006.01); G01B 7/26 (2006.01); G01N 27/02 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 11/22 (2013.01) [G01B 7/26 (2013.01); G01N 27/02 (2013.01); H01B 13/0036 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optoelectrical guide/conductor system, comprising:
an optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement comprising an optical waveguide and a conductive layer, the optical waveguide having an outer, organic sheath layer, wherein the conductive layer is a single layer or a sequence of layers and is directly or indirectly on the outer sheath layer;
an adapter sleeve in which the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement is inserted in such a way that the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement projects from the adapter sleeve,
wherein the adapter sleeve has an outer sleeve body enclosing an inner receiving opening along a sleeve axis, and wherein the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement extends along the sleeve axis through the inner receiving opening;
wherein the adapter sleeve has a conductive contacting section, the adapter sleeve mechanically embraces the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement with the conductive contacting section in electrical contact with the conductive layer so as to transmit electrical signals between the conductive layer and the conductive contacting section; and
an electrically conductive adhesive fixing the adapter sleeve and the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement to one another, wherein the electrically conductive adhesive is between and electrically connecting the conductive layer and the conductive contacting section; and
wherein the adapter sleeve further comprises a fixing section adjacent to the conductive contacting section, that mechanically embraces the optoelectrical guide/conductor arrangement; and
a fixing adhesive at the fixing section, wherein the fixing adhesive has a lower viscosity than the electrically conductive adhesive.