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US 2021/0239916 A1Published application
Optical fiber connector
AssigneePrecision Optics Corporation
InventorsJoseph N. Forkey, Bruce M. Radl
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Abstract
An optical fiber connector is provided. A receptacle has an angled interior surface that acts to guide an optical fiber into the correct position as a jack is inserted into the receptacle.
Claims11
An apparatus comprising:
- a receptacle with an interior having an angled shape that narrows from an outer opening towards a termination point;
- a jack sized to mate with the receptacle, a first optical fiber extending through an end portion of the jack so that, when the jack is mated with the receptacle, a first distal end of the first optical fiber is at the termination point.
An apparatus comprising:
- a receptacle having angled interior sides configured to guide an optical fiber as a jack is mated with the receptacle, the angled sides shaped so that when the jack is mated with the receptacle, an end of the optical fiber is located at a predefined termination point in the receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.