Retention assembly for securing POF fiber within a connector
AssigneesSenko Advanced Components, Inc., Nitto Denko Corporation
InventorsKazumasa Okada, Yuichi Tsujita, Keita Kiyoshima, Kenji Iizumi, Yuki Nishiguchi, Kazuyoshi Takano
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Abstract
An optical connector assembly having a connector housing with a first and second end. First end accepts a ferrule assembly, and second end accepts a retention assembly. There is a longitudinal bore from a distal to proximal end of connector. Bore accepts a POF optical fiber therein at distal end and fiber is inserted proximally until fiber bottoms-out at proximal end of ferrule. Retention body accepts one or more retention caps, or retention body contains at least one retention wing set to secure fiber to connector.
Claims12
A fiber optic connector comprising:
- a connector housing having a proximal end and a distal end;
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- a ferrule configured to accept an optical fiber of an optical cable, the ferrule is positioned at the proximal end of the connector housing;
- a backpost comprising a first set of wings at a proximal end, a second set of wings at a distal end, and a retention thread,
- wherein upon assembly of the fiber optic connector, the first set of wings is configured to directly clamp the optical fiber, the second set of wings is configured to clamp a cable jacket of the optical cable, and the retention thread is configured to secure strength members of the optical cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.