1. A device for connecting two elements by shrinking a shrink tube, the device comprising:
a heating element; and
a control unit;
wherein the heating element is adapted for providing thermal or inductive energy and is further adapted such that with it a shrink tube, which is pullable onto a connection region of two elements to be connected, is encasable along at least a part of a circumference of the shrink tube; and
wherein the control unit is adapted for supplying electrical energy to the heating element and furthermore is adapted such that with it the temperature of the heating element is controllable in such a manner that, by shrinking the shrink tube, the two elements are connectable.
2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a carrier body on or in which the heating element is arranged.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the heating element and the carrier body are formed as a heating mat adapted for being wrapped around a shrink tube.
4. The device of claim 2, wherein the heating element and the carrier body comprise two shell elements adapted for being placed around a shrink tube.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the heating element is adapted such that with it a shrink tube, which is pullable onto a connection region of two elements to be connected, is encasable along the entire circumference of the shrink tube.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the heating element is a meander-shaped heating wire.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted such that it controls the temperature of the heating element based on at least one material parameter of a shrink tube to be shrunk.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted such that it controls the temperature of the heating element based on at least one geometry parameter of a shrink tube to be shrunk.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is adapted such that it controls a predefinable temperature-time characteristics of the heating element.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is a regulating unit to which an actual temperature of the heating element is supplyable, and which, based on the actual temperature, controls a desired temperature of the heating element.
11. The device of claim 10, further comprising a temperature sensor for determining the actual temperature of the heating element, which actual temperature is supplyable to the regulating unit.
12. Apparatus for connecting a first element to a second element in a connection region by a shrink tube, the apparatus comprising
a first element;
a second element;
a shrink tube;
a heating element; and
a control unit;
wherein the shrink tube is pullable onto a connection region of the first element with the second element;
wherein the heating element is adapted for providing thermal or inductive energy and is further adapted such that with it the shrink tube is encasable along at least a part of a circumference of the shrink tube; and
wherein the control unit is adapted for supplying electrical energy to the heating element, and furthermore is adapted such that with it the temperature of the heating element is controllable in such a manner that, by shrinking the shrink tube, the first element is connectable to the second element.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first element is a first pipe, and the second element is a second pipe.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first element is a first cable, and the second element is a second cable.
15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first element comprises a first alignment mark and the second element comprises a second alignment mark, and wherein by use of one or both of the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark the shrink tube to be pulled on is alignable on the first element and on the second element.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark are selected from the group consisting of:
a visually perceptible mark;
a mark that is perceptible in a tactile sense; and
a mechanical mark.
17. A method for producing a device for connecting two elements by shrinking a shrink tube, the method comprising:
adapting a heating element for providing thermal or inductive energy and adapting the heating element such that with it a shrink tube, which is pullable onto a connection region of two elements to be connected, is encasable along at least a part of a circumference of the shrink tube; and
forming a control unit for supplying electrical energy to the heating element and adapting the control unit such that with it the temperature of the heating element is controllable in such a manner that, by shrinking the shrink tube, the two elements are connectable.
18. A method for connecting two elements by shrinking a shrink tube, the method comprising:
pulling a shrink tube onto a connection region of two elements to be connected;
encasing the pulled-on shrink tube by a heating element along at least a part of a circumference of the shrink tube;
supplying, by the heating element, thermal or inductive energy to the shrink tube, wherein the temperature of the heating element is controlled in such a manner that the two elements are connected by shrinking the shrink tube.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein controlling the temperature of the heating element comprises:
increasing the temperature from a starting temperature to a predefinable target temperature;
maintaining the target temperature for a predefinable maintenance time; and
reducing the temperature from the target temperature to the starting temperature.
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. An optical connector for electrically connecting to a mainboard of an external electronic device, the optical connector comprising:
a base having a first slot formed on a front surface thereof, the base having a receiving space, an optical component being arranged in the receiving space and having an optical receiving portion and a plurality of welding terminals, the welding terminals being bent and downwardly extending and protruding out of from the base, the optical connector being electrically connected to the mainboard through the welding terminals; and
a mount having an adapting end and a connecting end away from the adapting end, the connecting end having a connecting port, the adapting end having an opening communicating to the connecting port,
wherein the mount is inserted into the first slot of the base through the adapting end and the position of the opening corresponds to the position of the optical receiving portion of the optical component.
2. The optical connector as claim 1, wherein the base has a tunnel, the position of the tunnel corresponds to the optical receiving portion and the position of the opening of the mount, the optical receiving is connected to the opening of the base through the tunnel and the opening of the base, when an external wire is inserted into the connecting port, the optical component transmits optical signal to the optical receiving portion through the optical receiving portion.
3. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port corresponds to the shape of a RJ-45 connecting port for connecting with an external wire of RJ-45 format.
4. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port of the base corresponds to the shape of a composite video connecting port for connecting with an external wire of composite video format.
5. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port of the base corresponds to the shape of a USB connecting port for connecting with an external wire of USB format.
6. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port of the base corresponds to the shape of a HDMI connecting port for connecting with an external wire of HDMI format.
7. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port of the base corresponds to the shape of a DisplayPort connecting port for connecting with an external wire of DisplayPort format.
8. The optical connector as claim 2, wherein the shape of the connecting port of the base corresponds to the shape of an eSATA connecting port for connecting with an external wire of eSATA format.
9. The optical connector as claim 1, wherein at least one electronic connector is arranged below the first slot.
10. The optical connector as claim 9, wherein at least one second slot is formed below the first slot, the second slot has a tongue portion and a plurality of connecting terminals on the tongue portion, one ends of the connecting terminals protrude out from the base for electrically connecting to the mainboard, and the electronic connector is constituted of the second slot, the tongue portion, and the connecting terminals.
11. The optical connector as claim 10, wherein the electronic connector is a USB connector, an eSATA connector, a HDMI connector, a DisplayPort connector or a combination thereof.