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US 8,573,857 B2Granted
Plug connector for optical waveguides
AssigneeHarting Electronics GmbH
InventorsRita Hoffmann, Martin Luckemeier, Mark Lindkamp
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AssigneeHarting Electronics GmbH
InventorsRita Hoffmann, Martin Luckemeier, Mark Lindkamp
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A special plug connector is proposed for contacting a mating plug using a standard plug connector, such that the dimensions of the mating plug differ from this standard plug connector in both horizontal and vertical directions. This special plug connector has a plug connector housing with two bearing pins and a holding element for holding two respective ferrule housings. Firstly, the holding element is elastically connected by a first spring element to the plug connector housing. Secondly, the holding element having two arms, each of which has a corresponding elongated hole, is rotatable within a certain angular range about the bearing pins of the insert under the influence of a spring and is held on the plug connector housing, so that it is displaceable by a first displacement path axially to the ferrules under the influence of a spring.
A plug connector for optical waveguides, in particular for connecting and contacting a mating plug connector, which is equipped with an opto-electrical converter, such that the plug connector has a plug connector housing with two bearing pins, and the plug connector also has a holding element for holding two ferrule housings belonging to it, such that each of these ferrule housings is provided for a holding a ferrule with an optical waveguide embedded therein, such that the holding element is elastically connected to the plug connector housing via a first spring element, and the holding element has two parallel arms, each having an elongated hole, with which the holding element is also rotatable within a certain angular range about the bearing pins under the influence of a spring, is held on the plug connector housing, so that it is displaceable by a first displacement path axially to the ferrules under the influence of a spring.
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