Patent · US Expired

Fiber optic cable connector housing

US4140365A · kind A · utility

22Cited by

5References

1Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ITT Industries · US

Inventors

Hans Burger
Herbert Haag · Waiblingen, DE
Manfred Illg · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 1977
Grant date	Feb 20, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 14, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3897
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A connector housing for a pair of fiber optic cables each terminated by a sleeve. The housing is provided with integral resilient latching fingers adjacent to its opposite ends which engage behind shoulders on the sleeves to releasably retain the sleeves in the housing.

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