Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
Patent
1998-03-09
2000-06-27
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection
385 55, 385 62, 385 70, 385 72, 385 77, 385 78, 385 81, 385139, G02B 638
Patent
active
060798807
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to optical connectors and concerns a connector (1) for connecting at least one optical fibre (2) in a so-called integrated optical interface, wherein a ferrule fiber end, in order to contact a second ferrule fiber end, is pressed towards said second end and is retained in this position. Because the first ferrule (11), creating the optical interface, is placed just outside a wall in an opto-electrical component (3), and the second ferrule (6), of a same kind of or similar ferrule, is placed inside the connector (1), it is possible to mutually align two optical fibers in a cost efficient way. In order to retain the contact between the fiber ends in a contact position, the connector (1) comprises two hook members (12), the hooked ends (13) of which can be hooked into grooves (14) provided in the component (3). To release the connector from the component, only a slight pressure needs to be applied to the hook elements, whereby the hooked ends of the hook elements are released from the grooves, and the connector can be separated from the component.
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Healy Brian
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
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