Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Patent
1997-02-28
1999-09-28
Ngo, Hung N.
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
G02B 636
Patent
active
059601400
ABSTRACT:
A connector for removably attaching fiberoptic cables to light-transmitting implements such as translucent probes and projection optics is shown and described. A tube is provided with a sleeve which may be fit over the tube. With the sleeve partially fit over the tube, the cable may be inserted in one end of the tube and the implement in the other end. When the sleeve is then pulled or threaded more fully over the tube, tongues provided on the tube move into engagement with the implement and fingers on the tube are locked in place against the cable.
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Bushroe Frederick N.
Caplan Charles H.
Ford Anthony R.
Ngo Hung N.
Surgical Acuity, Inc.
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