ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,801, issued on April 21, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Assembly device for a light guide" was invented by Martin Cramer (Mainz, Germany), Sandra Mattheis (Mainz, Germany), Marc Timon Sprzagala (Mainz, Germany), Kerstin Russert (Mainz, Germany), Jonas Grimm (Mainz, Germany) and Henrik GroB (Mainz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly device includes a sleeve having an end face and a fiber bundle circumferentially fused at its circumferential surface with a glass tube. The fiber bundle with the glass tube having a common end face. The fiber bundle with the glass tube forming a tapered region towards the co...