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Optical connector and optical connector assembly

US8834039B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

nLight Photonics Corporation · US

Inventors

Kylan Hoener · Portland, US
Aaron Brown · Vancouver, US
Walter R. Sanders · Duluth, US
Richard Knight · Dorchester, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2011
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3861
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An adhesive void mitigating fiber ferrule optical connector includes a housing for an optical fiber, the housing including opposite front and rear openings and an elongate bore providing an interior surface and extending between the opposite front and rear openings for insertably receiving the optical fiber from the rear opening through the front opening, the housing also including a front adhesive fill-port in communication with the elongate bore nearer the front opening for providing adhesive substantially void-free in the elongate bore and for surroundably securing the optical fiber extending therein to the interior surface.

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