Light transmitting fiber cable connector

An improved connector assembly for joining light transmitting fiber cables to transmitter and/or receiver devices and/or like cables, each said connector assembly including:

• a housing member having a plurality of profiled passageways extending therethrough from a cable receiving end to a mating face,
• a cap member detachably received on the cable receiving end of said housing to secure cables therein,
• a ferrule member secured on the end of each said cable, each said ferrule member having a profiled front end, at least one rearwardly directed radial shoulder, and a bore through which at least one fiber of said cable passes,
• a helical spring member mounted on each said cable to rest against said shoulder of said ferrule member, each said cable being inserted in a respective aperture of said housing and secured therein by said cap compressing said spring whereby the cables are positioned in the housing with limited axial movement, and
• said cap member includes at least one cable receiving arcuate recess whereby said cap member can be readily positioned onto said cable.

An improved connector assembly for joining light transmitting fiber cables to transmitter and/or receiver devices and/or like cables, each said connector assembly including:

• a housing member having a plurality of profiled passageways extending therethrough from a cable receiving end to a mating face,
• a cap member detachably received on the cable receiving end of said housing to secure cables therein,
• a ferrule member secured on the end of each said cable, each said ferrule member having a profiled front end, at least one rearwardly directed radial shoulder, and a bore through which at least one fiber of said cable passes,
• a helical spring member mounted on each said cable to rest against said shoulder of said ferrule member, each said cable being inserted in a respective aperture of said housing and secured therein by said cap compressing said spring whereby the cables are positioned in the housing with limited axial movement, and
• said cap member comprises a pair of hermaphroditic members together forming a cable passage, each said member having a cable strain relief member extending transversely of said passage, first latching means to secure said members together, and second latching means to secure said cap member on said housing member.

An improved connector assembly for joining light transmitting fiber cables to transmitter and/or receiver devices and/or like cables, each said connector assembly including:

• a housing member having a plurality of profiled passageways extending therethrough from a cable receiving end to a mating face,
• a cap member detachably received on the cable receiving end of said housing to secure cables therein,
• a ferrule member secured on the end of each said cable, each said ferrule member having a profiled front end, at least one rearwardly directed radial shoulder, and a bore through which at least one fiber of said cable passes,
• a helical spring member mounted on each said cable to rest against said shoulder of said ferrule member, each said cable being inserted in a respective aperture of said housing and secured therein by said cap compressing said spring whereby the cables are positioned in the housing with limited axial movement, and
• means to mount said connector on a rigid board including at least one rigid leg member depending from said housing member and adapted to be received in a corresponding aperture in said bore.

A connector for fiber optic cable comprising:

• a housing of one piece construction having a front mating face and a rear mating face,
• one or more profiled bores extending from said front face to said rear face and adapted to receive a corresponding fiber of said optic cable therethrough,
• each bore having a reduced section of fixed diameter within said housing and adjacent said front face,
• a radially compressible ferrule having a tubular portion received over each optic fiber of said cable,
• each ferrule additionally having a frustoconical section integral with said tubular portion and a reduced diameter end portion forwardly of and integral with said frustoconical section,
• each said frustoconical section being freely received along the interior of a corresponding said bore and seated against a corresponding reduced diameter portion of said bore with a corresponding said reduced diameter end portion of said ferrule projecting outwardly of said front face,
• a sleeve form ring encircling each said corresponding ferrule tubular portion and being radially inwardly crimped concentrically over each said tubular portion and a corresponding said optic fiber,
• a coil spring received over said ferrule tubular portion,
• a rigid cap received over said ferrule tubular portion and latched to said rear mating face, said coil spring being contained internally of said housing by said cap and compressed between said cap and said rigid ring to resiliently bias said frustoconical section against said reduced diameter portion of said bore,
• said ferrule being moveable rearwardly along said bore in opposition to said spring, and
• means adjacent said front mating face for connecting said front mating face to another connector.