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Pin and socket terminus assemblies for terminating optical cables

US9022667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US

Inventors

David James Fabian · Masontown, US
Jun Li · Harrisburg, US
James Patrick Mosier · Palmyra, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 2, 2012
Grant date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3878
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical cable assembly includes an optical cable having an end. The optical cable includes a plastic optical fiber (POF) having a tip segment that includes a tip surface. The optical cable assembly also includes a socket terminus assembly that terminates the end of the optical cable and is configured to mate with a pin terminus assembly. The socket terminus assembly includes a terminus body having a cable passage. At least a portion of the end of the optical cable extends within the cable passage such that the tip surface of the tip segment of the POF is configured to engage a mating POF of the pin terminus assembly to optically couple the POF to the mating POF.

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