Patent · US Expired

Optical connector

US6899464B2 · kind B2 · utility

23Cited by

13References

14Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Rick C. Stevens · Apple Valley, US
Kevin J. Thorson · Eagan, US
Ryan Nelson · Farmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2002
Grant date	May 31, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 29, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4292
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical connector having alignment members for aligning with a connector on two mutually perpendicular axis with the optical connector including a displaceable block carrying optical fibers therein that is spatially positionable along a third axis to provide optical communication through the optical connector even though the optical connector may not have continuous optical fibers extending therethrough.

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