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Optical and electrical hybrid connector

  • US 7,427,165 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2005
  • Issued: 09/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical and electrical hybrid connector comprising:

  • (a) a male plug having an axially elongated plug shaft, said shaft having a first central set of one or more optical fibers terminating in an optical ferrule and a second peripheral set of one or more electrical contact elements arranged in an axial array and axially-shaped along said plug shaft;

    (b) a socket for receiving said plug shaft, said socket having a central axial-potion-tolerant optical coupling element having one or more optical fibers and a peripheral set of one or more electrical contacts;

    (c) said individual fibers and contacts of said plug arranged so as to make respective optical coupling with corresponding said individual fibers and electrical contacts of said socket when said plug shaft is slidably, and axially received into said socket.

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