US 5,297,227 A · Disengagable adapter for an optical fiber connection

Abstract

A disengagable adapter for mechanically coupling optical fibers is provid The disengagable adapter separates into two complementary receptacle parts. Each receptacle part receives through a bore a single optical-fiber located within an optical-fiber connector plug. Each receptacle part attaches to and securely holds a different connector plug. The receptacle parts mate with each other in a complementary fashion and thereby connect the two optical fiber connector plugs together. These connector plugs accordingly align the two optical fibers located within the plugs. The optical fibers can be separated either by demating the complementary parts or by disconnecting one side of the adapter from its connector plug. Mounting the complementary parts to a plate facilitates multiple, simultaneous connections.

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Dependent claims

An adapter mechanically coupling ferrules respectively located in two optical-fiber connector plugs, comprising:

a first part holding one of the two optical-fiber connector plugs having a bore receiving the ferrule of said one of the connector plugs, a mating end and a connecting end having first means for securing said one of the connector plugs to said first part;
and a second part disengagably coupled to the first part and holding the other of the two optical-fiber connector plugs having a mating end mating in a complementary fashion with the mating end of said first part and a connecting end having second means for securing the other of the connector plugs to said second part, said second part also having a hole through which the ferrule of the other of the connector plugs passes to effect said coupling of the ferrules.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Disengagable adapter for an optical fiber connection

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Disengagable adapter for an optical fiber connection

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Abstract

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