Plug connector for optical waveguides
US8573857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3829
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A special plug connector is proposed for contacting a mating plug using a standard plug connector, such that the dimensions of the mating plug differ from this standard plug connector in both horizontal and vertical directions. This special plug connector has a plug connector housing with two bearing pins and a holding element for holding two respective ferrule housings. Firstly, the holding element is elastically connected by a first spring element to the plug connector housing. Secondly, the holding element having two arms, each of which has a corresponding elongated hole, is rotatable within a certain angular range about the bearing pins of the insert under the influence of a spring and is held on the plug connector housing, so that it is displaceable by a first displacement path axially to the ferrules under the influence of a spring.
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