Optical fibre connector

An optical fiber connector comprises a hollow sleeve and within the sleeve a recessed ferrule and along an axis of this ferrule an optical fibre. The sleeve has an open end for receiving and holding a projecting ferrule and has at the recessed ferrule a closed end, the arrangement being such that wh...

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Main Author DUNN MARK,OWEN MARTYN,HEALY DAVID
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.11.2006
Subjects
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Summary:An optical fiber connector comprises a hollow sleeve and within the sleeve a recessed ferrule and along an axis of this ferrule an optical fibre. The sleeve has an open end for receiving and holding a projecting ferrule and has at the recessed ferrule a closed end, the arrangement being such that when the projecting ferrule is held within the sleeve both optical fibres are aligned to transmit and/or receive an optical signal along an optical axis defined by the fibres, and the closed end of the sleeve grips the recessed ferrule more securely than the open end of the sleeve grips the projecting ferrule. The result is that if a force is applied at the open end of the ferrule to the projecting ferrule in a direction transverse to the optical axis then the sleeve will bend nearer to the open end than the closed end.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200610073793