Rotationally adjustable fiber optic connector

US7018108B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Molex, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ilya Makhlin · Wheeling, US
• Aleksander Yazvin · Glenview, US
• Vyacheslav Malevanets · Vernon Hills, US
• Malcolm R. Phifer · Lisle, US
• Barbara Grzegorzewska · Harrisburg, US
• Igor Grois · Northbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3893
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic connector assembly includes an outer connector housing defining an optic axis in a through passage. A first key is disposed in the passage at a given position angularly about the axis. An inner optical fiber plug terminates an optical fiber and is disposed in the passage and includes a second key movably positionable about the periphery of the plug to different selected positions of rotational adjustment for the plug. The second key is fixable at any selected position on the plug and is lockable with the first key on the housing to fix the angular position of the plug relative to the housing and, thereby, fix the rotational position of the optical fiber angularly of the optic axis.