Optical connector, optical connection assembly, electrical connector and connection system comprising such an electrical connector

US11079552B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IXBLUE · FR

Inventors

• Herve Arditty · Marly-le-Roi, FR
• Sébastien GRALL · Aubagne, FR
• Jonathan Laporte · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR
• Christian Giroussens · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR
• Gildas Touin · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR
• Frederic Mosca · Marseilles, FR
• Eric Delort · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR
• Carole Chaize · Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3853
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical connector (20) includes a plurality of collimation elements (23a, 23b) which are associated with a plurality of optical fibres (21a, 21b), respectively, and which are carried by a support (24). The support is mounted for rotation in a bearing (27) about a rotation axis (z), the collimation elements (23a) are arranged in the support so as to be equidistant from this rotation axis, and the support has at least one member for angular positioning (28) about the axis. The invention also relates to an optical connection assembly (10) including a first such optical connector and a second optical connector (20′) which is configured to be nested coaxially with the first one. An electrical connector may be provided with such an optical connector, and a connection system may be provided with such an electrical connector.