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US 5,852,695 AGranted
Connectors for use with optical fiber apparatus
AssigneeLumonics Inc.
InventorsAnthony D. Elliman, Martin P. McNulty
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Abstract
A connector for an optical fibre comprises a body which receives a male connector having a conduit termination and a lens-fibre cell. A rotatable sleeve on the body serves via a slipper to move a first floating ball radially inward to clamp the lens-fibre cell against a V-bar or other support and, simultaneously, to move a plurality of angularly spaced floating balls to axially clamp the conduit termination. A ratchet is provided to avoid disconnection other than in a controlled manner by release of a locking collar.
Claims20
A connector comprising a body providing a socket for receiving an inserted body;
- a sleeve rotatable relative to the body, and a plurality of floating transfer elements retained within the body, the floating transfer elements being caused to move towards the inserted body by rotation of the sleeve so as to clamp the inserted body at two separate longitudinally-spaced positions, wherein rotation of the sleeve causes at least one of the floating transfer elements to exert an axial clamping force against one part of the inserted body, and simultaneously also causes at least one of the floating transfer elements to exert a radial clamping force against a second part of the inserted body, longitudinally spaced from the first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.