Patent ID: 7229222
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A sealing means for connecting one or more optical fibers to a photonic device, said means comprising a shaped article comprising at least 80% of one or more liquid crystalline polymers; said shaped article having an outer surface; one or more optical fibers disposed to pass through said shaped article, said optical fibers being molded into place within said shaped article; said shaped article being of a shape to permit coupling with its complementary counterpart on the housing of a photonic device wherein said liquid crystalline polymers consists essentially of a diol moiety, a diacid moiety, and a hydroxyacid moiety wherein the diol moiety consists essentially of 100 molar parts of hydroquinone and bisphenol at a mole ratio of 50-100:50-0, the diacid moiety consists essentially of 100 molar parts of terephthalic acid and 2,6 naphthalene dicarboxylic acid at a mole ratio of 70-30:30-70, and the hydroxyacid consists essentially of 150-320 molar parts of hydroxybenzoic acid.