Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1996-10-10
1998-10-27
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
G02B 638
Patent
active
058288066
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic connector includes a body member having an axially extending cavity with a circumferential flange projecting radially into the cavity and defining a passage through the flange. The flange is slotted to define a plurality of radially inwardly extending flexible stop fingers. A ferrule is provided for mounting an optical fiber. A ferrule holder has a circumferential rib projecting radially outwardly therefrom to define a circumferential stop shoulder. The outside diameter of the rib is greater than the inside diameter of the passage. The ferrule holder can be axially assembled into the body member in a first, assembly direction by forcing the rib through the passage flexing the stop fingers. The ferrule holder is prevented from unforcibly moving in a second, opposite direction by engagement of the stop shoulder with the stop fingers. A spring is operatively associated between the ferrule holder and the body member to bias the ferrule holder in the second direction and, thereby, bias to the stop shoulder toward the stop fingers.
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Ernst Scot A.
Grois Igor
Makhlin Ilya
Pescetto Michael J.
Lee John D.
Molex Incorporated
Tirva A. A.
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