Housing for interfacing a semiconductor device with a fiber optic cable
US4479696A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4292
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A housing for interfacing a fiber optic cable with a semiconductor device allows simple insertion and removal of the cable by application of an axial force. The housing exerts a spring-like gripping force upon the cable and axially aligns the cable to the semiconductor device in order to minimize loss of transmitted light. A portion of the gripping force is translated into an axial force by a slanted ridge within the housing which acts upon a ridge on the cable to cause the cable to be forcefully abutted to the semiconductor device.
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