Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Structure surrounding optical fiber bundle-to-bundle connection
Patent
1994-11-25
1997-10-07
Palmer, Phan T. H.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Structure surrounding optical fiber bundle-to-bundle connection
385 75, 385 53, 385 59, 385 71, G02B 640
Patent
active
056756801
ABSTRACT:
There is presented a fiber-optic connector and a method of making same. The onnector comprises a plurality of ferrules, each of the ferrules having extending centrally therethrough a single optical fiber. The connector further includes structure abutting at least a portion of the ferrules for exercising a radially compressive force on the ferrules for urging the ferrules into a configuration in which said ferrules are coparallel and nested so as to form a stable bundle which in transverse section is substantially axisymmetrical, and retaining the ferrules in the configuration. The connector still further includes alignment structure for angular positioning of said ferrules in said connector in said transverse section about a nominal longitudinal axis of said bundle for registry of the connector with a second connector of complementary configuration.
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Ames Gregory H.
Morency Roger L.
Lall Prithvi C.
McGowan Michael J.
Oglo Michael F.
Palmer Phan T. H.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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