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.
Claims20
A fiber optic connector comprising:
- a connector housing configured to accept a backpost at a distal end and a ferrule configured to accept an optical fiber, the ferrule is positioned at a proximal end of the connector housing;
- the backpost further comprising a pair of opposing wings at one of a proximal end and a distal end,
- at least one pair the opposing wings are biased together upon assembly of the fiber optic connector;
- and wherein
- the at least one pair of biased opposing wings secure a fiber optic cable containing the at least one optical fiber with the fiber optic connector.
A backpost, comprising
- a body with a longitudinal bore,
- the body has a pair of opposing wings one of at a proximal end and a distal end thereof;
- the body is configured to secure with a connector housing;
- and wherein at least one of the pair of opposing wings bias and secure an optical fiber with the connector housing.
A fiber optic connector comprising:
- a connector housing configured to accept a backpost at a distal end and a ferrule with at least one optical fiber therein at a proximal end of the connector housing;
- the backpost further comprising a pair of opposing wings one of at a proximal end and a distal end of the backpost;
- and wherein the at least one pair the opposing wings are biased together upon assembly of the fiber optic connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.