Patent · US Expired

Optical connector system for data busses

US6853768B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

5References

12Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Thomas Kibler · Unteressendorf, DE
Joerg Moisel · Neu-Ulm, DE
Manfred Rode · Senden, DE
Eberhard Zeeb · Ulm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2002
Grant date	Feb 8, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/43
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns an optical connector system for data busses, in which optical elements are integrated in the connector and in the connector socket for redirecting the light. With this connector system the light guided along the bus line is decoupled to the optical receiver of a supplemental bus participant and the light transmitted from the supplemental participant is coupled into the bus line. The connector socket is either integrated in the bus line or a bus bridge is subsequently added to the bus line.

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