Patent ID: 6536958
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method for securing a glass fiber to a housing comprising the steps of:a) providing a housing having a wall; b) positioning the glass fiber in proximity to the wall, said glass fiber having a circumferential uncoated outer surface; c) applying a quantity of solder glass frit directly to a circumferential uncoated outer surface of the glass fiber, said solder glass frit being in direct contact with both the housing wall and the circumferential uncoated outer surface of the glass fiber, and said solder glass fit having a melting point below the melting point of the glass fiber; and d) heating the solder glass frit to a temperature sufficient to at least soften the solder glass frit so as to form a hermetic seal between the circumferential uncoated outer surface of the glass fiber and the housing wall.