Arrangement for integrating a rectangular fiber optic connector into a cylindrical connector
US6264374A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3885
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fiber optic connector system is made up of a socket contact and a pin contact arranged to be installed in a cylindrical multiple contact connector, each contact including a fiber optic connector that has been terminated to a ribbon cable and captured between two halves of a cylindrical contact body, the socket contact being spring loaded to provide an engagement force between the two contacts when assembled into a housing. The pin and socket contacts may be installed in a wide variety of connector housings configured to receive cylindrical contacts, including the MIL-C-38999 family of connector shells, utilizing existing coupling and mounting arrangements, with the optional addition in the plug connector of a torsion spring biased shutter arranged to shield the ends of the fibers before coupling, and which is moved by a cam surface in the receptacle connector of the fiber optic connector system to uncover the ends of the fibers during coupling.
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