Patent ID: 6962446

Claim:
A method for making up an optical plug-in connector, which comprises a connector ( 100 ) with a connector pin ( 101 ), and an optical waveguide 200 with a light-guiding fiber ( 205 ), in which method the light-guiding fiber ( 205 ) of said optical waveguide ( 200 ) is exposed, inserted into a bore ( 114 ) in the connector pin ( 101 ) and fixed in the bore ( 114 ) by adhesive bonding with a powdered reaction adhesive, which is transformed into the liquid state by melting and, in the liquid state, is made to react and crosslinks to form a temperature-resistant bond, and in which method the optical waveguide ( 200 ) with the exposed light-guiding fiber ( 205 ) is dipped in the powdered adhesive and then pulled out particles of the powdered adhesive remaining adhering to the surface of the fiber ( 205 ), the fiber ( 205 ) with the adhering particles is inserted into the bore ( 114 ) of the connector pin ( 101 ) and fixed there, and the connector pin ( 101 ) is brought to and held at a temperature which is greater than or equal to the melting temperature of the adhesive, characterized in that the adhesive bonding of the fiber ( 205 ) to the connector pin ( 101 ) is performed in a battery-operated hand-held device ( 130 ), in that firstly the connector ( 100 ) is inserted with the connector pin ( 101 ) into a receptacle ( 160 ) attached to the hand-held device ( 130 ) and is held there, in which receptacle ( 160 ) the connector pin ( 101 ) is surrounded by a battery-operated electrical heating element ( 167 ), in that the optical waveguide ( 200 ) is then inserted with the fiber ( 205 ) into the connector ( 100 ) and fixed in the connector ( 100 ) by means of actuating means ( 129 , 136 , 137 , 141 , 143 , 151 ) arranged in the hand-held device ( 130 ), and in that finally the adhesive bonding is carried out by heating up the connector pin ( 101 ) with the heating element ( 167 ).