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Optical fiber plug-in connection having a radially elastically supported plug pin

US4941728A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Spinner GmbH Elektrotechnische Fabrik · DE

Inventors

Anton Pautz · Munich, DE
Manfred Lang · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 1988
Grant date	Jul 17, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3874
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber plug-in connection includes a coupler with a coupler centering sleeve, a coupler sleeve centrally retained within the coupler centering sleeve and a fiber containing coupler pin accommodated in the coupler sleeve. The coupler cooperates with a plug which includes a plug centering sleeve insertable in the coupler centering sleeve, a cable clamp supported in the plug centering sleeve, and a fiber containing plug pin which is radially elastically supported relative to the plug centering sleeve.

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