UNIVERSAL FIBRE-OPTIC ROTATING CONNECTOR Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G02B6/26 G02B6/36 

FIELD: oil and gas extraction.

SUBSTANCE: fibre-optic rotating connector with a symmetrical structure has a housing in which there is a first and a second fibre-optic waveguide. The first fibre-optic waveguide is mounted in the first optical terminal piece which is fixed in bearing housings with possibility of rotation. There is a spacer ring between the bearings. The second fibre-optic waveguide is mounted similarly. The optical terminal pieces are pressed to each other by springs and coupling nuts. Displacement between optical axes of the fibre-optic waveguides is the limiting value of the radial beat of the inner ring of the roller bearing is defined by the expression: where α is the radius of the fibre-optic waveguide, P_i is the power at the end of the transmitting waveguide, P_p is the power at the end of the receiving waveguide, z is the distance between ends of interfaced waveguides, NA is the numerical aperture of the fibre-optic waveguide, r=α+z·tgα is the radiation field distribution radius in the plane of the end of the receiving waveguide, sinα=NA.

EFFECT: simple design, reliability, low optical loss.

4 cl, 1 dwg