Patent · US Expired

Optical fiber connector arrangement

US7134795B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Bonna · Cranbury, US
Bernd Armbruster · Schenkenzell, DE
Stefan Fuchs · Niedernberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 28, 2004
Grant date	Nov 14, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3841
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber connector includes a sleeve having a first end surface, an abutment having a second end surface, the abutment being located within the sleeve and axially movable within the sleeve, and at least three balls located between the first end surface and the second end surface within the sleeve for clamping an optical fiber, the balls having centers disposed in a plane and being axially and radially displaceable in the sleeve and biased radially inwardly toward a central axis of the sleeve. At least one of the first end surface and the second end surface includes a conical surface.

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