Optical connection
US6371661B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3885
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical connector is provided which comprises a housing part having a fiber bore therethrough and having a housing connecting face for abutment or adjacence with a housing connecting face of a mating optical connector. An optical fiber is located in the fiber bore and fixed to the housing part, the optical fiber having a fiber connecting face. The optical fiber protrudes from the housing part at the housing connecting face, such that the fiber connecting face is displaced by a protrusion distance from the housing connecting face, the protrusion distance being between 5 um and 100 um. This approach is particularly useful for MT connectors, especially for connectorised devices comprising an optical connector as indicated above and an optical device, wherein the optical device is adapted to send or receive light through the optical fiber of the optical connector.
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