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Expanded beam, single fiber, fiber optic connector

US8244084B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Stratos International, Inc. · US

Inventors

Richard C. E. Durrant · Crystal Lake, US
Mark Waldron · Poplar Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2010
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3891
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The device includes a body, a lens holder, a lens, a ferrule, a ferrule holder, an optical cable holder, a snap ring, and a spring. The lens holder retains the lens, and the lens holder accommodates the ferrule. The ferrule holder is mounted to the body. The spring is mounted between a spring seat of the ferrule holder and a spring seat of the optical cable holder. The snap ring is mounted to the optical cable holder so as to retain the optical cable holder to the body.

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