US 11,782,202 B2
Light guide receptacle for mounting a plurality of light guides
Stefan Gutermuth, Hessen (DE)
Assigned to ABB AG, Mannheim (DE)
Filed by ABB AG, Mannheim (DE)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,645.
Claims priority of application No. 102021105428.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283359 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/717 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/0008 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0001 (2013.01); G02B 6/0005 (2013.01); G02B 6/3616 (2013.01); G02B 6/3648 (2013.01); H01R 13/7172 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light guide receptacle configured to mount a plurality of light guides in the interior of a housing part, comprising:
a plurality of light bulkheads configured to arrange the plurality of light guides,
wherein the plurality of light guides are mechanically coupled to one another by a web in intermediate spaces between two light bulkheads of the plurality of light bulkheads,
wherein a respective light bulkhead of the plurality of light bulkheads optically decouples spatially adjacent light guides from one another,
wherein the plurality of light bulkheads are integrated components of the housing part,
wherein a respective discharge barrier connecting each respective two light bulkheads of the plurality of light bulkheads is arranged between the each respective two light bulkheads, and
wherein the respective discharge barrier extends a distance from a respective aperture for each of the plurality of light guides in the housing part, to an entry window of a respective mounted light guide for reducing electrostatic effects.