1. Hydraulic separator to be fitted between a primary liquid circuit and a secondary liquid circuit, in such a manner that the first and secondary liquid circuits are hydraulically independent, which hydraulic separator has an elongate body with an internal space which is delimited by a wall and in which at least the following are arranged:
a feed port leading to the primary liquid circuit and a discharge port leading from the primary liquid circuit, which are located substantially on one longitudinal side of the hydraulic separator, and
a feed port leading to the secondary liquid circuit and a discharge port leading from the secondary liquid circuit, which are located substantially on a different longitudinal side of the hydraulic separator,
the feed port leading to the primary liquid circuit and the discharge port leading from the secondary liquid circuit being located substantially at a first height region of the hydraulic separator,
and the discharge port leading from the primary liquid circuit and the feed port leading to the secondary liquid circuit being located substantially at a different, second height region of the hydraulic separator,
characterized in that
in the internal space of the hydraulic separator, both at the first height region and at the second height region, there is a set of open filler bodies which have a large surface area in relation to the volume which they take up.
2. Hydraulic separator according to claim 1, characterized in that there is a free space without filler bodies between the first height region and the second height region.
3. Hydraulic separator according to claim 1, characterized in that the open filler bodies are in the form of hollow cylindrical bodies comprising a cylindrical wall provided with openings and projections which extend inwards from the wall.
4. Hydraulic separator according to claim 1, characterized in that the set of open filler bodies is arranged in a cage.
5. Hydraulic separator according to claim 4, characterized in that the cage is block-shaped, with the sides between the feed port and the discharge port being shorter than the other sides.
6. Hydraulic separator according to claim 1, characterized in that a vent is fitted to the hydraulic separator.
7. Hydraulic separator according to claim 1, characterized in that a tap is fitted to the hydraulic separator.
8. System comprising a primary liquid circuit and a secondary liquid circuit, between which there is arranged a hydraulic separator according to claim 1.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
coupling an alignment frame with a circuit substrate;
aligning a lens carrier with the alignment frame; and
aligning a ferrule with the alignment frame.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said aligning the lens carrier with the alignment frame comprises mating one or more alignment structures of the alignment frame with one or more corresponding alignment structures of the lens carrier.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said mating the corresponding alignment structures comprises inserting one or more male members into one or more female members.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein said mating the corresponding alignment structures comprises abutting one or more contoured surfaces of the lens carrier with one or more corresponding contoured surfaces of the alignment frame.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said aligning the ferrule with the alignment frame comprises inserting the ferrule through an alignment opening in the alignment frame.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said inserting the ferrule through the alignment opening comprises abutting opposing walls of the ferrule against corresponding guiding walls of the alignment frame.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising aligning the alignment frame to the circuit substrate, wherein said aligning the alignment frame to the circuit substrate includes mating one or more alignment structures of the alignment frame with one or more corresponding alignment structures and the circuit substrate.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said mating comprises inserting one or more male members into one or more corresponding female members.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling components to the circuit substrate, wherein said coupling the components to the circuit substrate includes using machine vision to position the components based in part on fiducial marks of the alignment frame.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a ferrule latch to force the ferrule and lens carrier together.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said applying the ferrule latch comprises:
placing a first end of the ferrule latch over the ferrule; and
placing a second, opposing end of the ferrule latch over the alignment frame.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said placing the first end of the ferrule latch over the ferrule comprises hooking a hookable structure of the ferrule with a hook of the first end of the ferrule latch, and wherein said placing the second, opposing end of the ferrule latch over the alignment frame comprises extending a spring tab of the second, opposing end of the ferrule over an end of the alignment frame.
13. An apparatus comprising:
a circuit substrate;
an alignment frame coupled with the circuit substrate;
a lens carrier aligned with the alignment frame; and
a ferrule aligned with the alignment frame.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising one or more alignment structures of the lens carrier mated with one or more corresponding alignment structures of the alignment frame.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the corresponding mated alignment structures comprise one or more male members inserted into one or more corresponding female members.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the corresponding mated alignment structures comprise one or more contoured surface of the lens carrier abutting one or more corresponding contoured surfaces of the alignment frame.
17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the ferrule is inserted through an alignment opening of the alignment frame.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the alignment opening has guiding walls to abut opposing walls of the ferrule.
19. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising one or more alignment structures of the alignment frame mated with one or more corresponding alignment structures of the circuit substrate.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the corresponding mated alignment structures comprise one or more male members inserted into one or more corresponding female members.
21. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a ferrule latch arranged to force the ferrule and lens carrier together.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the ferrule latch comprises:
a first end latched to the ferrule; and
a second, opposing end latched to the alignment frame.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the first end comprises a hook latched to a hookable structure of the ferrule, and wherein the second, opposing end has a spring tab extended over an end of the alignment frame.
24. A system comprising:
an electronic device having a dynamic random access memory (DRAM);
an optical cable connector having a first end electrically coupled with the electronic device, the first end comprising:
a circuit substrate;
an alignment frame coupled with the circuit substrate;
a lens carrier aligned with the alignment frame; and
a ferrule aligned with the alignment frame.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising one or more alignment structures of the lens carrier mated with one or more corresponding alignment structures of the alignment frame.
26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the ferrule is inserted through an alignment opening of the alignment frame.