Fiber positioning and connection method and apparatus

Details Fiber positioning and connection method and apparatus Fiber positioning and connection method and apparatus

1977-01-05

1978-09-26

Corbin, John K.

G02B 514

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041165322

ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber coupling assembly is mounted on the back of a repeater module so that when the repeater is slid into a rack near which an optical fiber frame plug is mounted, the optical fibers of the frame plug are laterally captured at an orientation angle by tapered grooves in an alignment receptacle of the coupling assembly and progressively urged so as to be precisely positioned near repeater optical fibers or semiconductor devices. A spring loaded construction automatically decreases the orientation angle to zero so that the fibers rest in the whole length of the grooves. The assembly additionally slides the fibers relative to the grooves and into abutment with the fibers or devices to which they are being coupled.

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Electronics, vol. 49, No. 23, pp. 8-13, Nov. 76.
Electronics Review, Aug. 75, pp. 29-30, "Fiber-Optic Cable Getting Connector for use in Field".

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