Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation
US6290527A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3821
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A connector plug can be removably snap-fitted into the adapter which has a cavity into which the connector plug is inserted and a hole for locking the connector plug. The connector plug has: an optical fiber; a ferrule; housing; an elastic engagement piece with an projecting engagement portion and a projecting press portion, the engagement portion being adapted to snap into the hole of the adapter and become locked there when the connector plug is inserted into the adapter; and a stopper for locking the elastic engagement piece from being pressed. A height of the projecting press portion is set almost flush with a surface of the housing of the adapter, or is set almost equal to the height of the receptor portion of the adapter. Therefore, the connector plug can easily be connected to and disconnected from the adapter and its connection with the adapter is not easily broken.
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