Optical fibre connectors
US4215913A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 1, 1978 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3849
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fibre connector in which cylindrical probes fitted to optical fibres are insertable into the opposite ends of the resiliently self-centering guide means which retains the two probes in co-axial end-to-end contact, the self-centering guide means comprise cylindrical precision rollers held in angularly-spaced relationship about a common axis by means of a cage structure which is itself surrounded by annular spring means of the guide means.
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