OPTICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM WITH PLUG HAVING OPTICAL TURN
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1. A connection system, comprising:
- a plug portion comprising a plug optical port region, a plug body, an end of a optical fiber, and a reflector, the reflector disposed between an end of the optical fiber and the plug optical port region, the reflector oriented to redirect light between a fiber optical axis of the optical fiber and a plug optical port axis in the plug optical port region; and
a receptacle portion comprising a receptacle optical port region, a receptacle body, and at least one opto-electronic signal communication device, the opto-electronic signal communication device having a device optical axis, the device optical axis aligned with the plug optical port axis when the plug portion and receptacle portion are in a mated position and the plug optical port region is adjacent the receptacle optical port region.
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Abstract
A connection system and method in which, when a plug portion is mated with a receptacle portion, a reflector in the plug portion can redirect optical signals between an end of an optical fiber in the plug portion and an opto-electronic device, such as a light source or light receiver, in the receptacle portion
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1. A connection system, comprising:
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a plug portion comprising a plug optical port region, a plug body, an end of a optical fiber, and a reflector, the reflector disposed between an end of the optical fiber and the plug optical port region, the reflector oriented to redirect light between a fiber optical axis of the optical fiber and a plug optical port axis in the plug optical port region; and a receptacle portion comprising a receptacle optical port region, a receptacle body, and at least one opto-electronic signal communication device, the opto-electronic signal communication device having a device optical axis, the device optical axis aligned with the plug optical port axis when the plug portion and receptacle portion are in a mated position and the plug optical port region is adjacent the receptacle optical port region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A connection system, comprising:
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a plug portion comprising a plug optical port region, a plug body, an end of a transmit optical fiber, an end of a receive optical fiber, and a reflector, the reflector disposed between the end of the transmit optical fiber and the plug optical port region and between the end of the receive optical fiber and the plug optical port region, the reflector oriented to redirect light between a transmit fiber optical axis of the transmit optical fiber and a plug optical port transmit axis in the plug optical port region and to redirect light between a receive fiber optical axis of the receive optical fiber and a plug optical port receive axis in the plug optical port region; and a receptacle portion comprising a substrate, a receptacle body mounted on the substrate, an opto-electronic light source mounted on the substrate and having a light source optical axis, an opto-electronic light receiver mounted on the substrate and having a light receiver optical axis, and a receptacle optical port region defined by a planar surface of the receptacle body adjacent the opto-electronic light source and opto-electronic light receiver, the light source optical axis and the light receiver optical axis intersecting the planar surface of the receptacle body at an oblique angle, the light source optical axis aligned with the plug optical port transmit axis and the light receiver optical axis aligned with the plug optical port receive axis when the plug portion and receptacle portion are in a mated position and the planar surface of the plug body abuts the planar surface of the receptacle body.
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11. A method for using a connection system comprising a plug portion and a receptacle portion, the plug portion comprising a plug optical port region, a plug body, an end of a optical fiber, and a reflector, the reflector disposed between the end of the optical fiber and the plug optical port region, the receptacle portion comprising a receptacle optical port region, a receptacle body, and at least one opto-electronic signal communication device, the method comprising:
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moving one of the plug portion and the receptacle portion into a mated position with the other of the plug portion and the receptacle portion, a device optical axis of the opto-electronic signal communication device aligned with a plug optical port axis of the plug portion when the plug portion and receptacle portion are in the mated position; and the reflector redirecting light between a fiber optical axis of the optical fiber and the plug optical port axis. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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