High precision optical fiber connectors
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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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Abstract
A connector for an optical fiber comprising, a body (86, 86'"'"') at least one ferrule (66, 66'"'"', 68, 68'"'"') encircling a corresponding optical fiber, a coil spring (337) compressible between a flange on the corresponding ferrule and a ridge (48) of the body (86, 86'"'"'), and the corresponding ferrule extends through a recess (52) in a second ridge (46) and is pivotally moveable in the recess (52).
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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, and a forward end of each said ferrule extends through a recess in a corresponding second ridge and is pivotally moveable in said recess. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- 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;
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9. A connector for an optical fiber cable comprising, a body of said connector, at least one ferrule for encircling a corresponding optical fiber of said cable and for aligning said optical fiber along an interior of said body, coils of a compressible coil spring of said ferrule adapted for compression between a corresponding first ridge of said body upon movement of said ferrule and said flange rearwardly of said connector shell in response to pressure applied to a front of said ferrule, wherein the improvement comprises;
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a corresponding cavity extends between each said first ridge and a corresponding second ridge of said body, each said coil spring is compressed between a corresponding first ridge and a corresponding flange, and a forward end of each said ferrule extends through a recess in a corresponding second ridge and is pivotally moveable in said recess. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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