OPTICALLY CONNECTING EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS IN COMPOSITE PANELS

WIPO Patent Application WO2001051974

A3

A method of and an apparatus for coupling a first optical transmission means (10, 42), such as an optical fibre, embedded within an aircraft composite (12, 40) to a second optical transmission means (14), such as an optical fibre, external to the composite (12, 40) is described. The method comprises locating the position of the first optical means (10, 42) embedded within the composite (12, 40) using X-ray scanning for example; forming a passageway (20, 62) by laser machining or drilling within the composite (12, 40) to the first optical transmission means (10, 42); and establishing an optical connection between the first and second optical transmission means (10, 42, 14) at the intersection of the passageway (20, 62) and the first optical transmission means (10, 42).

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ALDRIDGE NIGEL BRUCE (GB)
PROUDLEY GEOFFREY MARTLAND (GB)
FOOTE PETER DAVID (GB)
READ IAN JAMES (GB)

PCT/GB2001/000038

December 27, 2001

January 05, 2001

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BAE SYSTEMS PLC (GB)
ALDRIDGE NIGEL BRUCE (GB)
PROUDLEY GEOFFREY MARTLAND (GB)
FOOTE PETER DAVID (GB)
READ IAN JAMES (GB)

B23K26/00; B64D43/00; G02B6/00; G02B6/26; G02B6/28; G02B6/36; G02B6/38; G02B26/00; G02B26/08; G02B6/42; (IPC1-7): G02B6/36; B64C1/00

GB2322479A	1998-08-26
EP0822430A2	1998-02-04
US5408568A	1995-04-18
US5555330A	1996-09-10

FRIEBELE E J ET AL: "OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS FOR SPACECRAFT APPLICATIONS", SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES,IOP PUBLISHING LTD., BRISTOL,GB, vol. 8, no. 6, December 1999 (1999-12-01), pages 813 - 838, XP000883621, ISSN: 0964-1726

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