OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR
First Claim
1. An optical fiber connector apparatus, comprising:
- a ferrule having a hollow through its center, the hollow being sized and shaped to receive an optical fiber such that an end of each of the optical fiber is located at an endface of the ferrule, wherein an endface of the ferrule is partitioned into a first section and a second section, the first section being perpendicular to an axis of the ferrule and the second section being angled with respect to the first section.
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Abstract
An optical fiber connector apparatus may include a ferrule having a hollow through its center. The hollow is sized and shaped to receive an optical fiber such that an end of each of the optical fiber is located at an endface of the ferrule. The endface of the ferrule is partitioned into a first section and a second section. The first section is perpendicular to an axis of the ferrule and the second section is angled with respect to the first section. When the connector is assembled, the ferrule can butt couple to a similarly configured second ferrule such that the perpendicular second portions of the endfaces of the ferrules are physically touching. The angle of the angled portions sets a distance between portions of the endfaces corresponding to endfaces of optical fibers received in the ferrules thereby setting a gap between the fiber endfaces.
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1. An optical fiber connector apparatus, comprising:
a ferrule having a hollow through its center, the hollow being sized and shaped to receive an optical fiber such that an end of each of the optical fiber is located at an endface of the ferrule, wherein an endface of the ferrule is partitioned into a first section and a second section, the first section being perpendicular to an axis of the ferrule and the second section being angled with respect to the first section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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