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US 2008/0175545 A1Published application
Optical Connector Suitable for Field Assembly
AssigneeTenvera, Inc.
InventorsWenxin Zheng, Neal Zumovitch, Brent Ware
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Abstract
An illustrative optical connector is disclosed having a first component having a first channel therein and a first screw thread; a second component having a second channel therein and a second screw thread complementary to and engaged with the first screw thread, wherein the first component is at least partially disposed within the second channel; and an optical fiber partially disposed within the first and second channels. Also disclosed is an illustrative kit having connector components and an illustrative method for combining connector components.
Claims20
An optical connector at an end of an optical fiber, comprising:
- a first component having a first channel therein and a first screw thread;
- a second component having a second channel therein and a second screw thread complementary to and engaged with the first screw thread, wherein the first component is at least partially disposed within the second channel;
- an optical fiber partially disposed within the first and second channels;
- and
- a retaining clip having a protrusion extending radially inward toward a center of the retaining clip, the retaining clip being disposed around the first component, wherein the ferrule assembly includes a depression, the protrusion being at least partially disposed with the depression.
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A kit, comprising:
- a first component having a first channel therein and a first screw thread;
- a second component having a second channel therein and a second screw thread complementary to the first screw thread;
- a third component having a third channel therein of a diameter sufficient to receive the second component;
- a spring;
- a ferrule having a depression therein;
- a first retaining clip having a protrusion of a size that at least partially fits within the depression;
- and
- a fourth component having a fourth channel therein and having an aperture in a wall of the fourth channel, wherein the third component has a protrusion that extends into the aperture when the third component is inserted into the fourth channel.
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A kit, comprising:
- a first component having a first channel therein and a first screw thread;
- a second component having a second channel therein and a second screw thread complementary to the first screw thread;
- a third component having a third channel therein of a diameter sufficient to receive the second component;
- a spring;
- a ferrule having a depression therein;
- and
- a first retaining clip having a protrusion of a size that at least partiallyfits within the depression,
- wherein the second component is fully disposed within the third channel and the spring is disposed between the second and third components.
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A kit comprising:
- a first component having a first channel therein and a first screw thread;
- a second component having a second channel therein and a second screw thread complementary to the first screw thread;
- a third component having a third channel therein of a diameter sufficient to receive the second component;
- a spring;
- a ferrule having a depression therein;
- a first retaining clip having a protrusion of a size that at least partially fits within the depression;
- and
- a second retaining clip connected to the second component such that the spring is under compressive tension,
- wherein the second component is fully disposed within the third channel and the spring is disposed between the second and third components.
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A method of assembling an optical connector, comprising:
- placing an optical fiber within a first channel of a first component;
- placing the optical fiber within a second channel of a second component while the optical fiber remains within the first channel, wherein the second channel is an elongated U-channel extending between opposing first and second end openings in the second component and having a continuous lengthwise elongated slip in the second component connecting the first and second end openings, said placing of the optical fiber within the second channel being performed by sliding the optical fiber laterally through the lengthwise slit;
- placing a ferrule within the second channel of the second component while the optical fiber remains within the first channel, the ferrule being connected to the optical fiber;
- attaching the ferrule to the second component such that the ferrule and the second component are rotationally fixed with respect to each other;
- and
- attaching the first component to the second component while the optical fiber remains within the first channel and the ferrule remains within the second channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.