G - Physics – 02 – B
Patent
G - Physics
02
B
88/97.3
G02B 6/32 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1246368
ABSTRACT An optical fiber connector that can be used to connect fibers much as an electrical connector is used in connecting wires. The optical fibers are removably retained within the connector which may be coupled together with a quick disconnect mechanism, and effectively sealed against the environment. In the connector of the invention, light is transmitted from one fiber to the other through spherical lenses. The latter elements are held within termination assemblies that have rearward crimping barrels which are crimped about the protective covering of the optical fibers to secure the fibers in place. Annular ridges provide shoulders permitting the termination assemblies to be held in the inserts through retention fingers for rear insertion and release. Tubular forward projections of the termination assemblies include recesses for retaining and aligning the spherical lenses. The optical fiber connector of the invention answers a need in the prior art for an efficient optical fiber connector which will inter- connect a number of optical fibers and function in a way very similar in which an electrical connector joins a multiplicity of electrical conductors.
465068
Deutsch Company Electronic Components Division (the)
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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