US 8,408,810 B2 · Connector for optical waveguides

Abstract

In order to realize an exact contacting of optical waveguides in connectors, the invention proposes a connector for optical waveguides, particularly for being mated and contacted with a mating connector that is equipped with an optoelectric receiver, wherein two optical waveguides are respectively arranged within a ferrule housing in a spring-loaded fashion in individual ferrules and can be axially displaced independently of one another. The ferrule housings are also arranged in a sliding housing that is arranged within a surrounding connector housing such that it can be axially displaced by a certain supplementary travel, namely also in a spring-loaded fashion. This makes it possible to reliably compensate manufacturing-related dimensional tolerances between the ferrule housings and the optoelectric receivers in a mating connector or another adapter.

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Dependent claims

And optical waveguide connector for mating and contacting with a mating connector that is equipped with an optoelectric receiver, comprising:

a connector housing, in which at least one ferrule housing with an optical waveguide embedded in a ferrule is arranged in a sliding housing,
wherein the ferrule can be axially displaced by a spring arranged in the ferrule housing,
wherein the sliding housing is arranged within the connector housing such that the sliding housing can be axially displaced by a supplementary travel together with at least one ferrule housing held therein with the aid of an axially acting spring, and
wherein the optical waveguide is fixed with a seal and a pressure screw into the connector housing in an environmentally sealed fashion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Connector for optical waveguides

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Connector for optical waveguides

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