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Opticla fiber connector assembly with guiding means

US8292515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. · TW

Inventors

Chi-Nan Liao · New Taipei, TW
Chun-Fu Lin · New Taipei, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2010
Grant date	Oct 23, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3885
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes two pairs of first convex lenses projecting from a front mating face thereof and a pair of cone-shaped positioning posts at sides of the pairs of convex lenses respectively. The second connector includes two pairs of second convex lenses projecting from a second front mating face thereof to couple with the first convex lenses and a pair of positioning holes to be inserted with the positioning posts of the first connector. Each of the positioning holes includes a retention section and a guiding section in front of the retention section, and the retention sections is same to the positioning posts while the guiding sections is larger than the position posts in dimension.

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