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US 8,408,809 B2Granted
Optical fiber connector and mold insert for making same
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorI-Thun Lin
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Abstract
An exemplary optical fiber connector includes a housing, and two lenses. The housing defines two blind holes each configured for receiving an optical fiber. The two lenses are formed on the housing and each of the lenses is aligned with a corresponding blind hole. Each of the blind holes includes a first cylindrical hole portion, a tapered hole portion and a second cylindrical hole portion facing a corresponding lens, and a diameter of the tapered hole portion gradually decreases from the first cylindrical hole portion towards the second cylindrical hole portion.
Claims7
An optical fiber connector, comprising:
- a housing defining a blind hole;
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- a lens formed on the housing and aligned with the blind hole, wherein the blind hole comprises a receiving hole configured for receiving an optical fiber, the receiving hole comprises a first cylindrical hole portion, a tapered hole portion and a second cylindrical hole portion facing the lens, a length of the tapered hole portion is greater than that of the second cylindrical hole portion, and a diameter of the tapered hole portion gradually decreases from the first cylindrical hole portion towards the second cylindrical hole portion;
- and wherein the blind hole further comprises a guide hole connected to the first cylindrical hole portion away from the lens, the blind hole only opens at the guide hole, the guide hole is configured for guiding insertion of the optical fiber in the blind hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.