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Optical fiber connector assembly

US5195156A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
6References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1991
Grant dateMar 16, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2006/4297
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber connector assembly having a housing with front and rear barrels is readily securable to a printed circuit board. A laser device is positioned in the rear barrel portion and an optical fiber ferrule device is insertable into the front barrel portion for receiving laser light. An insert member means for positioning the ferrule means in proximity to the laser means is disposed in the rear barrel portion forward of the laser means.

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