Guide pin for aligning ferrules with enhanced alignment feature
US8768125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3885
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A guide pin for mating multi-fiber optical ferrules includes a first end, a second end and a flexile feature adjacent to the second end. The first end has a first end width and the second end has a first engagement width and may change to a second engagement width while engaging a guide pin bore in a ferrule. The change in width permits the guide pin to engage and axially align with guide pin bores of varying diameters to achieve reliable optical mating of optical wave guides.
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