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Optical pressure sealing coupling apparatusApparatus for optically coupling and pressure sealing sections of an instrumentation probe, one of the sections being at a high pressure cryogenic environment and the other section being an ambient pressure. The apparatus includes a housing having a passageway within which elements are mounted for precisely locating a rigid optical fiber coupler and the probe sections so as to optically connect and maintain the ends of the probe sections together to permit signals to pass in both directions through the joint in two or more discrete channels. An adjustable positioning member acts to connect the external section of the probe to the housing in axial and rotation alignment with the interior section.
Document ID
19890016318
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
External Source(s)
MFS-29348-1
Authors
Timothy B Irvin
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, United States)
Richard E French
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 17, 1989
Publication Information
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Subject Category
Optics
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,798,433
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-MFS-29348-1
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-156518
Accession Number
89N25689
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,798,433
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-156518
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