Optical plug having a translating cover and a complimentary receptacle
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications LLC
InventorsDavide Domenico Fortusini, Micah Colen Isenhour, James Phillip Luther, Jürgen Matthies, Percil Watkins
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Abstract
Disclosed are optical plug connectors and optical receptacles for making optical connections. In one embodiment, the optical plug connector includes an optical portion having an optical interface and a cover for protecting the optical interface. The cover can translate toward the optical interface when connecting the optical plug connector and a portion of the cover allows transmission of optical signals therethrough.
Claims46
An optical plug connector, comprising:
- an optical portion having an optical interface;
- and
- a cover for protecting the optical interface, wherein the cover can translate toward the optical interface when connecting the optical plug connector and a portion of the cover allows transmission of optical signals therethrough.
An optical plug connector, comprising:
- an optical portion having an optical interface;
- one or more alignment pins;
- and
- a cover for protecting the optical interface, the cover includes one or more bores for receiving the one or more alignment pins, wherein the cover can translate on the one or more alignment pins toward the optical interface when connecting the optical plug connector and a portion of the cover allows transmission of optical signals therethrough.
An optical plug connector, comprising:
- an optical portion having a nose with an optical interface;
- a monolithic alignment pin;
- a first resilient member;
- a second resilient member;
- and
- a cover for protecting the optical interface, the cover includes a first bore and a second bore for respectively receiving the monolithic alignment pin and a cavity, wherein the cover can translate on the monolithic alignment pin toward the optical interface when connecting the optical plug connector so that the nose engages the cavity of the cover when in a retracted position and the first and second resilient members bias the cover toward a forward position, and a portion of the cover allows transmission of optical signals therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.