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US 7,255,485 B2Granted
Optical plug-in connection
AssigneeHuber+Suhner AG
InventorsWilli Thäler, David Vollenweider, Michael Columbus
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Abstract
An optical plug-in connection including: an optical plug-in connector; a coupling configured to receive the plug-in connector; and locking means for locking the plug-in connector in the coupling when the plug-in connector is inserted into the coupling, wherein the locking means are designed to prevent unintentional unlocking when in a locked state.
Claims20
An optical plug-in connection comprising:
- an optical plug-in connector;
- a coupling configured to receive the plug-in connector;
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- locking means for locking the plug-in connector in the coupling when the plug-in connector is inserted into the coupling, wherein the locking means are designed to prevent unintentional unlocking when in a locked state, wherein the locking means comprise a flexibly bendable locking arm having a first locking element situated at a free end of the locking arm, and wherein a second locking element situated on the plug-in connector is designed to move back and forth by means of a tool between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the locking arm is designed to be flexibly bent unhindered, and wherein in the second position, the locking arm is hindered from flexible bending by the second locking element.
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