Coupling assembly for coupling glass optical fiber leads to plas

Details Coupling assembly for coupling glass optical fiber leads to plas Coupling assembly for coupling glass optical fiber leads to plas

1998-11-12

2000-09-12

Healy, Brian

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Structure surrounding optical fiber-to-fiber connection

385 60, 385 55, 385 72, 385 77, 385 78, 385139, G02B 638

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ABSTRACT:
A coupling assembly for a hybrid fiber optic lighting distribution system including a first coupling member having first cavities for individually receiving first ferrules of glass optical fiber (GOF) leads, a slidably intermitting second coupling member having second cavities for individually receiving second ferrules of plastic optical fiber (POF) leads, and an alignment body which is interfaced between the first and second coupling members so that mating cavities thereof are each respectively aligned with respective pairs of aligned first and second cavities for providing a precisely aligned optical interface between the GOF downstream face of the GOF leads and the POF upstream face of the POF leads. The coupling member further includes a ferrule position assurance member which is affixed to the rear of the second coupling member so as to compress cylindrical springs associated with each second ferrule, whereupon the POF upstream faces are caused to biasably abut the GOF downstream faces.

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