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Fiber optic connector assembly

  • US 4,944,568 A
  • Filed: 09/05/1989
  • Issued: 07/31/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A fiber optic connector assembly for interconnecting a plurality of active optical devices to a plurality of optical fibers each terminated in a ferrule having a nose portion, said assembly comprising:

  • a receptacle including a body member for supporting the plurality of active optical devices, said body member having a flat, planar mating face and a plurality of recesses each extending between said mating face and one of the active optical devices;

    connector means including housing means with a plurality of ferrule receiving cavities and including a mating end;

    means for supporting one of the ferrules in each of said cavities with the nose portion projecting from said mating end;

    said housing means being supported adjacent said receptacle body with each of said nose portions received in one of said recesses;

    the assebmly being characterized by;

    said connector means including at least two similar separately mateable connector modules, said housing means including a corresponding number of at least two module housings each including a plurality of said ferrule receiving cavities;

    a shroud interposed between said receptacle and said connector modules, said shroud including a peripheral wall extending between an open receptacle end and an open connector module end, said receptacle end being configured to receive said mating face within said peripheral wall; and

    said connector modules being receivable in said connector module end of said shroud for independent compliance of each connector module with a different portion of said receptacle.

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