Patent · US Expired

Protective device in a connector arrangement for optical fibers

US6913393B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

Carsten Buck · Heppenheim, DE
Michael Ferstl · Regensburg, DE
Stefan Loeffelholz · Lorsch, DE
Dirk Reifel · Blankenloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2001
Grant date	Jul 5, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A plug for a connector arrangement consisting of a plug and an associated mating plug, has a housing which has at least one axial receiver for an optical fiber and a protective device movably mounted in the housing for protecting the optical fiber. The protective device according to the invention is designed as a slide which can be moved axially to the receiver and the slide has a aperture for the optical fiber and/or the receiver.

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