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US 6,886,988 B2Granted
Fiber optic guide pin
OwnerMatthew A. Brown, Joseph L. Graham +1inventors
InventorsMatthew A. Brown, Joseph L. Graham, Narcis Adam
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Abstract
A fiber optic guide pin is provided that has an end portion that is smooth and continuous. The smooth and continuous portion may be shaped to approximate an ellipse or a parabola. The end portion may also have a generally flat portion that is surrounded by the smooth and continuous portion.
Claims7
A guide pin for aligning ferrules comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical element, the elongated cylindrical element having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis therethrough, and a radius;
- the first end having a configuration to be insertable into a first ferrule;
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- the second end configured to engage an opening in a second ferrule, the second end having a smooth, continuous surface and a point at a predetermined radial distance from the longitudinal axis on the smooth, continuous surface has a slope at the point that is the same as a slope of a line tangent to the point, the tangent line forming an angle with the longitudinal axis that is smaller than an angle formed with the longitudinal axis by a line tangent to a point at the predetermined radial distance from the longitudinal axis on a curved surface that has a radius equal to the radius of the guide pin.
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A guide pin for aligning ferrules comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical element, the elongated cylindrical element having a first end and a second end;
- the first end having a configuration to be insertable into a first ferrule;
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- the second end configured to engage an opening in a second ferrule, the second end being symmetrical about a longitudinal axis therethrough and having a smooth, continuous surface,
- wherein the guide pin has a radius and a point at a predetermined radial distance from the longitudinal axis on the smooth, continuous surface, the smooth, continuous surface has a slope at the point that is the same as a slope of a line tangent to the point, the tangent line forming an angle with the longitudinal axis that is smaller than an angle formed with the longitudinal axis by a line tangent to a point at the predetermined radial distance from the longitudinal axis on a curved surface that has a radius equal to the radius of the guide pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.