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Fiber optic connector employing optical fiber guide member

An optical fiber connector and guiding member technology, which is applied in the coupling of optical waveguides, light guides, optical components, etc., and can solve problems such as connection failures and damaged optical fibers.

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-24
CORNING CABLE SYST LLC
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Unfortunately, the snap-fit ​​fit of the connector housing presents a significant risk of pinching one or more fibers, which can damage the fibers and lead to connection failures

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[0018] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same or similar reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar elements or parts.

[0019] figure 1 An exemplary multi-fiber cable assembly (“cable assembly”) 8 including a duplex LC fiber optic connector (“connector”) 10 and a duplex fiber optic cable (“cable”) 16 is shown. figure 2 and image 3 It is a perspective partial cut-away general view of the connector 10 as a part of the optical cable assembly 8 . Figure 4 yes figure 2 The X-Z axis sectional view of the optical cable assembly 8. Dual fiber configurations for fiber optic cable assemblies 8 are illustrated and discussed herein by way of example. In general, fiber optic cable assembly 8 is considered to handle one or more optical fibers.

[0020] refer to Figure 1 to Figure 4 , the connector 10 provides a connection in the cable assem...

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A fiber optic connector that employs an optical fiber guide member, and a cable assembly that uses the connector are disclosed. The connector has a connector housing formed by mateable sections. The connector housing defines a housing passage having opposite connector-end and channel-end portions that define respective connector-end and channel-end passages, with the channel-end portion configured to be arranged adjacent the end of a fiber optic cable. An optical fiber guide member is disposed in the channel-end passage and has a first transition end that faces the connector-end passage. The optical fiber guide member has a conduit configured to loosely confine and guide the optical fibers to the connector-end passage. Connector sub-assemblies can be operably supported at the connector-end portion supporting end portions of the optical fiber.

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[0001] priority application [0002] This application claims priority to US Patent Application Serial No. 12 / 915,682, filed October 29, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates generally to fiber optic connectors, and more particularly to fiber optic connectors using fiber guide members configured to protect at least one optical fiber during connector assembly. Background technique [0004] Optical fibers are used in a variety of telecommunications applications such as broadband voice, video and data transmission. Advantages of using fiber optics include extremely high bandwidth and low-noise operation. As the use of optical fibers increases and diversifies, a need arises for efficient methods for interconnecting optical fibers. To this end, fiber optic connectors have been developed that do not significantly attenuate or otherwise alter the transmitted optical signal. These optical fiber con...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02B6/36
CPCG02B6/3879G02B6/38875
Inventor 蒂莫西·S·克莱因特里·L·库克小戴维·L·迪安托里·A·克劳文
Owner CORNING CABLE SYST LLC