Articulating fiber optic connectors with resilient mounting block

US4445750A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TRW Limited · US

Inventors

• Igor Grois · Northbrook, US
• Mark Margolin · Lincolnwood, US
• Alan Berg · Wood Dale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 1981
• Grant date: May 1, 1984
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/387
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic connector includes a housing having a mating end for intermating with an array containing optical fibers, for example a second fiber optic connector. A fiber clamp for holding an optical fiber is mounted in a mounting block with the combination movable toward and away from the mating end of the housing. A resilient member forces the combination of the mounting block and the fiber clamp toward the mating end while allowing movement away from the mating end in response to an overriding opposite force. A rigid fiber encompassing member extends from the fiber clamp to the mating end of the connector for receiving and transmitting the force which overrides the force of the resilient member.