Multifiber optical connector
US5799122A · kind A · utility
Assignees
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/38875
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved multifiber optical connector is disclosed which concurrently transmits an optical signal and provides for optical signal transmission with a lower transmission loss. The connector includes an adapter including openings into which a plug is inserted, a pass through hole formed in a central portion of the multifiber optical connector, and engaging holes formed in portions of the multifiber optical connector, a plug, which engages the openings of the adapter, including a through hole, into which optical fibers are inserted, formed in a central portion of the plug, an engaging portion having an engaging jaw portion for connecting the plug to the adapter and formed at one end of the plug, a plug housing for receiving a body of the plug, a ferrule, which is disposed in one end of the plug, having a plurality of holes into which a core of the optical fibers are inserted to provide protection and alignment, an optical fiber alignment device inserted into the pass through hole of the adapter, for surrounding an outer portion of the ferrule disposed at one end of the plug inserted into the adapter and for aligning the optical fiber inserted into the ferrule, and an optical cable …
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