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High precision optical fiber connectors

  • US 5,157,749 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1992
  • Issued: 10/20/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector for an optical fiber cable comprising:

  • a body of the connector, at least one ferrule for encircling a corresponding optical fiber of the cable and for aligning the optical fiber along an interior of the body, coils of a compressible coil spring of the ferrule adapted for compression between a flange of the ferrule and a corresponding ridge of the body upon movement of the ferrule and the flange rearwardly of the body in response to pressure applied to a front of the ferrule, wherein the improvement comprises;

    said flange of each said ferrule has a periphery that is engageable with a lateral side of the cavity of said body and is slidable along said lateral side during movement of said ferrule rearwardly of said body,each said cavity extends between a corresponding ridge and a corresponding second ridge of said body,a corresponding spring is compressed against a corresponding ridge and a corresponding flange, anda forward end of each said ferrule extends through a recess in a corresponding second ridge and is pivotally moveable in said recess.

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