Modular multifiber connector with phone-like plug and socket

Details Modular multifiber connector with phone-like plug and socket Modular multifiber connector with phone-like plug and socket

1993-09-16

1995-01-10

Ullah, Akm E.

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 87, G02B 600, G02B 636

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053814983

ABSTRACT:
A modular, multifiber connector comprising a plug and a receptacle whose outward appearance and installation is similar to a convention RJ45 jack for copper conductors. The plug includes a body having a surface with several fiber-receiving grooves, and the plug fibers terminate along an intermediate section of the grooves. The receptacle includes a housing having an opening, and a plate which is slidably mounted inside the housing. The plate is biased toward the opening and has several more fiber-receiving grooves. The receptacle fibers approach the plate at an oblique angle causing them to bend as they contact the grooves of the plate. When the plug is inserted into the opening, its forward end contacts the plate and pushes it back. As the plate retracts, the terminal portions of the fibers in the receptacle (which are not secured to the plate) become free to flex, and position themselves in the corresponding grooves of the plug. Since the receptacle fibers are still bent, they are positively biased toward the plug fibers and move into forcible abutment with the terminal ends of the plug fibers. The connector advantageously incorporates V-groove technology into a multifiber format without requiring clamping of the terminal portions of the fibers.

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