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Adaptor for a light waveguide plug connector

US4799758A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 1987
Grant dateJan 24, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4292
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An adaptor for a light plug connector comprises a housing with a through-opening extending between a first and second end and has a pair of webs on side walls of the housing extending into the opening adjacent the second end, said pair of webs merging with the top wall of the housing and having open, free ends to receive channels of a plug part moved transversely to the axis of the opening into the housing. A spring clip having a U-shaped structure with portions overlying the webs to entrap or interlock a plug part assembled thereon and other portions engage projections on a second plug part inserted into the other or first end of the housing.

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