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US 6,644,863 B1Granted
Angled optical fiber connector
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKazuo Azami, Yukio Kaneko, Hiromu Yorozu
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Abstract
An optical fiber connector is comprised of an optical cable and a pair of plugs connected to input and output end portions of the optical cable. A multi-fiber core employed in the optical fiber cable is constituted by a plurality of fiber cores. The input and output end portions of the optical cable are bent at an angle of about 90 while having a bent radius at the bent top portion.
Claims6
An optical fiber connector comprising:
- an optical cable employing a multi-fiber core constituted by a plurality of plastic fibers;
- and
- a pair of angled plugs installed to respective end portions of said optical cable, wherein each plug includes a plug main body having a straight through-channel formed therein for receiving the multi-fiber core of the optical cable straight thereinto, a cable stopper member inserted into the plug main body for retaining the cable, said cable thereafter being bent along a cable bent surface formed in the plug main body, and being retained in a bent position by a cable bent maintaining member, whereby each end portion of said optical cable is bent at an angle of about 90° inside respective ones of said pair of angled plugs.
An optical fiber connector comprising:
- an optical cable having
- a multi-fiber core constituted by a plurality of plastic fibers, and
- a covering layer covering the multi-fiber core;
- and
- a pair of angled plugs installed on respective end portions of said optical cable, each plug includes a plug main body having a straight through-channel formed therein for receiving the multi-fiber core of the optical cable straight thereinto, a cable stopper member inserted into the plug main body, said cable thereafter being bent along a cable bent surface formed in the plug main body for retaining the cable, and being retained in a bent position by a cable bent maintaining member, whereby each of said angled pair of plugs maintain the respective end portions of said optical cable at a bent angle of about 90°.
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