Optical waveguide connector

US7648285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GISMA Steckverbinder GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Maletzky · Eckernförde, DE
• Oliver Hirsch · Zermatt, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2005
• Grant date: Jan 19, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3849
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical waveguide connecter includes a socket part having a first waveguide contact placed in a channel of the socket part, and a plug part with a second waveguide contact placed in a channel of the plug part. The plug part channel is sealed with a piston displaceable counter to the force of a spring. The socket part has a pivotable cap for sealing an interface surface of the first waveguide contact. The plug part has a path for receiving the piston, with a section of the path being inclined to the axis of the second waveguide contact. During a plugging process, the cap displaced the spring-loaded piston, frees the first waveguide contact of socket part, frees the second waveguide contact in the plug part channel and is guided through the path.