Single optical fiber connector

Details Single optical fiber connector Single optical fiber connector

1978-02-13

1980-05-06

Hille, Rolf G.

G02B 514

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042014441

ABSTRACT:
A connector for coupling a pair of single optical fibers is disclosed. The connector comprises a base plate having a V-groove in its upper surface having a transverse cross-section of an equilateral triangle. Two sets of three equal diameter cylindrical rods lay in the groove each defining an interstitial space therebetween which receives an optical fiber. The sets of rods have mating end faces which abut each other in the groove. A compression plate is mounted over the base plate to arrange the rods in the V-groove so that the centers of the rods are disposed at the vertices of the same equilateral triangle so that the fibers in the interstitial spaces between the rods will become precisely laterally aligned. The groove in the base plate may contain a larger number of rods for aligning a plurality of optical fibers within the interstices defined by the rods. The groove may also have the configuration of a truncated equilateral triangle. A flat cable single optical fiber connector is also disclosed.

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