Patent ID: 11886024
Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
forming a body having opposing sides and having a plurality of apertures defined therein, the apertures extending through the body from one of the opposing sides to the other of the opposing sides;
providing separate pathways for conducting independent optical signals by positioning a plurality of large diameter optical waveguides, each having a core and a cladding, in the plurality of apertures of the body, each of the cores of the large diameter optical waveguides having a separation from each of the other cores and being configured to conduct the independent optical signal in one of the separate pathways;
after the positioning, fusing at least a portion of the cladding of each of the large diameter optical waveguides with the body and providing free ends of each of the large diameter optical waveguides extending from the opposing sides of the body, such that an apparatus resulting therefrom is a monolithic structure;
positioning the apparatus in a housing and sealing an outer surface of the body with an inner surface of the housing using one or more annular sealing elements; and
splicing separate optical fibers for the independent optical signals to the provided free ends of each of the large diameter optical waveguides extending from the opposing sides of the body.