1977-12-19
1982-01-26
Lee, John D.
G02B 726
Patent
active
043125646
ABSTRACT:
A multi-fiber optic connector is provided having a plurality of receptacles in a first housing each of which carries a single fiber optic centered therein. Each receptacle includes a smaller diameter guidance means. The second housing includes a like plurality of flexible male members having a single fiber optic centered therein, one opposite each of said receptacles. Each flexible male member has a tapered surface area located to cooperate with the smaller diameter guidance means in said receptacle to guide and bend the flexible male member to center it within said receptacle so that the fiber centered in said receptacle and the fiber centered in said male member meet coaxially in a plane vertical to the axes when the housings are mated.
The fibers are held in the receptacle and in the flexible male member by a three beam configuration which is made of resilient material so that different size fibers will be held concentrically.
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patent: 3947182 (1976-03-01), McCartney et al.
patent: 3999837 (1976-12-01), Bowen et al.
patent: 4056305 (1977-11-01), McCartney et al.
Cefarelli Frank P.
Evans Robert T.
International Business Machines Corp.
Lee John D.
McKechnie Douglas R.
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