Optical fiber connector having an adjustable engaging extent

Details Optical fiber connector having an adjustable engaging extent Optical fiber connector having an adjustable engaging extent

1995-11-16

1997-09-23

Lee, John D.

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 87, G02B 638

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056713100

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an optical fiber connector adapted for connecting an optical fiber carried in the optical fiber connector to an optical cable, which comprises a plug, a ferrule assembly mounted in the plug, a retention member engaged with the plug, and having a first end and a second end, a resilient element mounted between the ferrule assembly and the retention member, a crimp member having a third end and a fourth end engaging with the second end, an extension member connecting thereto the optical cable, attached to the crimp member at the crimp member at the third end and having an entrance end, and an adjuster mounted between the second end and the fourth end for adjusting an engaging extent therebetween. Such an optical fiber connector not only prevents a clearance between two coupled ferrules of two connectors from interrupting optical signals transmitted therethrough but also guards against an inadvertent detachment of the connector from the coupling housing when the connectors are coupled on the coupling housing. Besides, the pre-assemblage of the first and the second units are compatible among different types of the present connectors.

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