Reinforced optical cable connector
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Latam S.A.
InventorsMarcela Carneiro Lopes, Thiago Deconto Vieira, Renato Flávio Cruz, Lucas Gabriel Chaves
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reinforced optical cable connector comprising an inner body for housing an optical cable, the inner body comprising a plug holder for securing a connection plug at a first end; a crimping base comprising a retaining sleeve for retaining the optical cable; and an outer housing for housing the inner body, the crimping base; wherein the crimping base comprises a fastener for engagement with the inner body; and the inner body comprises a mating surface at a second end opposite the first end for attaching the crimping base fastener.
Claims24
A reinforced optical cable connector comprising:
- an inner body for housing an optical cable comprising at least one optical fiber, the inner body comprising a plug holder for securing a connection plug at a first end;
- a crimping base comprising a retaining sleeve for retaining the optical cable;
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- an outer housing to house the inner body and the crimping base;
- wherein the inner body comprises a gripping region at a second end opposite the first end, the gripping region having a C-shaped cross section forming an opening for passage of a fastener;
- wherein the crimping base comprises the fastener for fitting into the inner body;
- through the opening, the fastener comprising an arc-shaped lower fitting edge having a slot in a central region thereof, lower fastening teeth provided on ends adjacent to the slot, and side fastening teeth provided on side faces of the fastener;
- wherein the gripping region comprises a mating surface and holes arranged for engagement with the lower fastening teeth and the side fastening teeth for securing the fastener of the crimping base;
- wherein a protrusion is provided on an edge of the gripping region extending radially inward and having a thickness greater than a thickness of the mating surface;
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- wherein the opening guides the fastener over the mating surface and the protrusion for fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.