Coupling for optical-fiber connectors

US7470068B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Eberhard Kahle · Berlin, DE
• Anne Kramer · Berlin, DE
• Jörg Adomeit · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4296
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A coupling (1) for receiving at least two plug-in connectors (2) which are joined to glass fiber cables, comprising at least one moveable cover (14) which is associated with a sheath opening (121), said cover covering the opening (121) of the sheath in a first position, and being able to be moved into a second position by introducing a plug-in connector (2), whereupon the cover (14) releases the opening (121) in the sheath, said cover (14) comprising a bent metallic leaf spring (141) and said leaf spring (141) being unstressed in the first position and the curvature of the leaf spring (141) being selected in such a way that a ferrule (23) of the plug-in connector (2) never comes into contact with the leaf spring (141) during the insertion process.