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20090046981 | HIGH DENSITY FIBER OPTIC INTERCONNECT SYSTEM WITH PUSH-RELEASE MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - An optical fiber interconnect system wherein the adapter is connected to and released from the holder and the connector is connected to and released from adapter through two push-release connection and release mechanisms. The connector is engaged with the adapter by applying an insertion force to the connector. The connector is released by applying a releasing force to the connection mechanism on the adapter. The system of the invention includes a holder for attachment of the adapter to a front panel. A release opening is provided on the holder for the release of the adapter from the holder from the front of the panel so as to provide access to the back connector. | 02-19-2009 |
20090116792 | Self-Aligning Optical Connector Systems and Methods - Self-aligning optical connectors, systems, and methods for connecting optically-transmissive elements are described. In one embodiment, a connector includes a first component, a second component connected to the first component, and an optomechanical element. The optomechanical element is positioned adjacent and between said first and second components such that a portion of the optomechanical element is exposed to a leakage light when the first and second components are misaligned. The exposed portion includes a photosensitive material configured to at least attempt to change a dimension when exposed to the leakage light. In operation, the optomechanical element exerts an alignment force on at least one of the first and second components tending to align the first and second components when the exposed portion of the optomechanical element is exposed to the leakage light. | 05-07-2009 |
20090310917 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connector for transmitting high optical power, specifically power exceeding 1 kW. The connector includes an optical fiber having one of its ends in direct optical contact with a body made of a transparent material. The body in connection with the optical fiber end has a surface with an area exceeding the contact surface area of the optical fiber. The surface of the transparent body has a substantially conical design in order to provide an efficient flowing geometry around the contact end of the fiber, to increase the surface area for incident power loss radiation and deviate such radiation towards the optical axis of the connector. | 12-17-2009 |
20100014812 | PLUG FOR AN OPTICAL PLUG-IN CONNECTION - Plug part ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100021110 | MECHANICAL SPLICE` - To prevent an optical fiber from readily detaching and to prevent the optical fiber from being damaged when a mechanical splice is used. | 01-28-2010 |
20110097039 | Optoelectronic interconnection system - Disclosed herewith a interconnection system includes an optoelectronic receptacle connector including insulative housing defines a cylindrical receiving chamber having a front and a rear end. An aligning pin extends from the rear end into the chamber and with an optical receiver disposed in the chamber. An optoelectronic plug connector includes a jack member defining a passage to receive the aligning pin when the plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector. An organizer is enveloped on the jack member and defines at least a pair of orifices aligned with the optical receiver. And an optoelectronic cable includes at least a pair of fiber optics disposed within the orifices of the organizer and at least a conductive wires terminated to the jack member. | 04-28-2011 |
20110129187 | Global Link Connector System - A connector mating system that can enable the coupling and decoupling of electrical or optical communications channels, while in a deep, sub-oceanic, sea-floor environments, during which time the contacting interfaces of the said channels remain fully protected from the destructive effects of the said environment. The system features a Wet-Mate Connector (WMC) that provides a means for electrical, optical and hybrid inter-connection within an extremely hostile environments. | 06-02-2011 |
20110150396 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - A socket and a plug are provided. Both the socket and the plug include a body, a blocking sheet, and an elastic member. Both the bodies define a coupling portion. The blocking sheet is disposed on the corresponding body and covers the corresponding coupling portion to protect the coupling portions from being contaminated when not used. The elastic member connects the corresponding body and the blocking sheet. When the plug is plugged into the socket, the blocking sheets, against an elastic force of the elastic member, pushes each other to expose the coupling portions until the coupling portions are coupled. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158587 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING SAME - An optical fiber connector includes a casing, an optical fiber coupler, and at least one cover. The casing has a receiving space therein and an opening communicating with the receiving space. The optical fiber coupler is accommodated in the receiving space. The optical fiber coupler includes a plurality of lenses and an engaging part. The lenses and the engaging part face the opening. The at least one cover is rotatably coupled to the casing. The at least one cover is rotatable between a first position where the cover substantially covers the opening and seals the optical fiber coupler in the casing and a second position where the optical fiber coupler exposes through the opening. | 06-30-2011 |
20120224815 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS - An optical fiber connection device mainly made up of two coupling elements shaped to be inserted in cavities of two connector housings. Each coupling element ( | 09-06-2012 |
20130094810 | GLOBAL LINK CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A connector mating system that can enable the coupling and decoupling of electrical or optical communications channels, while in a deep, sub-oceanic, sea-floor environments, during which time the contacting interfaces of the said channels remain fully protected from the destructive effects of the said environment. The system features a Wet-Mate Connector (WMC) that provides a means for electrical, optical and hybrid interconnection within an extremely hostile environments. | 04-18-2013 |
20130202252 | Optical Fiber Plug For High Density Optical Fiber Connections - An optical fiber plug for high density optical fiber connections is proposed for matching with an optical fiber adapter, and includes a body with an elastic buckling member ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130202253 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector includes a connector plate having a connecting face operable to mate with a different connecting face on a different optical connector. A slot can be formed in a side of the connector plate and have a length (L) extending from the connecting face to an opposite face in a direction substantially perpendicular to the connecting face. A groove can be formed in a portion of the bottom wall of the slot and can extend at least partially along the length of the slot. The groove can receive an optical fiber. The optical connector can also include a retaining block shaped to fit between side walls of the slot and between the connecting face and the opposite face to retain the optical fiber within the groove. | 08-08-2013 |
20130216186 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION SYSTEM - An optical fiber connection system includes a first and a second optical fiber, each with end portions that are terminated by a first and a second fiber optic connector, respectively. A fiber optic adapter connects the first and the second fiber optic connectors. A fiber alignment apparatus includes V-blocks and gel blocks. Each of the fiber optic connectors includes a connector housing and a sheath. The end portions of the optical fibers are positioned beyond distal ends of the respective connector housings. The sheath is slidably connected to the connector housing and slides between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The sheath covers the end portion of the respective optical fiber when the sheath is at the extended configuration and exposes the end portion when at the retracted configuration. The end portions of the optical fibers are cleaned when slid between the V-blocks and the gel blocks. | 08-22-2013 |
20130259426 | SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTORS - A single-mode optical fiber for use as a stub fiber in an optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber is configured minimize the adverse effects of multipath interference (MPI) that can arise in a short, single-mode conventional stub fiber that has a large group index difference. The optical fiber is also configured to have a mode-field diameter that is substantially the same as that of single-mode optical fibers intended for use as field fiber in a mechanical splice connector, along with a cutoff wavelength λ | 10-03-2013 |
20130330043 | Ladder Rack Enclosure - A cable management device that hangs downward an overhead cable conveyance, such as a ladder rack or cable tray. The cable management device includes an enclosure chamber and a patch board. Spare runs of cable can be stored, out of sight and out of the way, in the enclosure chamber. the patch board allows cable connections to be made at the juncture where a cable “pays off” of its overhead conveyance, before heading downwards to a component rack extending upwards from the floor of the data center. Also, a flipper wiring path trunk assembly, for a set of 12 optical signals, with LC duplex modules and LC connectors. | 12-12-2013 |
20140003770 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL MODULE HAVING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140010500 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR ALIGNING MULTI-CORE FIBER WITH BUNDLE STRUCTURE, AND FIBER ARRANGEMENT CONVERSION MEMBER - An optical connector is structured so as to include a fiber connection structure therein. A multi-core fiber is included inside a ferrule, and affixed to the ferrule substrate. One end surface of the multi-core fiber is exposed to an end surface of the ferrule. The other end of the multi-core fiber passes through and is affixed to a capillary. A plurality of optical fiber pass through a capillary that faces the capillary, and are affixed thereto the capillary in the same manner. Seven optical fiber cores of the same diameter are joined in a close-packed arrangement in the fiber connection structure. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010501 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUNDLE STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR CONNECTING FIBERS, BUNDLE TERMINAL STRUCTURE, AND FIBER CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A multicore fiber has a plurality of cores formed at predetermined distances and surrounded by a cladding. A bundle structure includes optical fibers joined in a close-packed arrangement. Specifically, one optical fiber is arranged at a center, and six optical fibers are arranged around the optical fiber arranged at the center. Accordingly, cores of the optical fibers are arranged at equal distances. The optical fibers are bonded together with an adhesive. Accordingly, claddings of adjacent optical fibers are in contact with each other either directly or via the adhesive. The adhesive also fills spaces between the optical fibers. | 01-09-2014 |
20140105541 | Fiber Optic Connector Structure - A fiber optic connector structure contains: a base, a covering member, and a fitting sleeve. The base includes: a holding face, two contacting portions, and at least one slot, wherein a respective one of the at least one slot has an opening and has a bottom portion, the bottom portion of the respective one of the at least one slot has at least one notch, and a respective one of the at least one notch has a first inserting segment and a second inserting segment. The covering member includes two resilient extensions corresponding to the two contacting portions and a sliding block sliding from the opening to the bottom portion. The fitting sleeve is fitted on the base and the covering member, and providing a force on the sliding block so that the sliding block retains the fiber stub and the field fiber. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126862 | TERMINUS ASSEMBLY FOR TERMINATING AN OPTICAL CABLE - An optical cable assembly includes an optical cable having an end that extends a length. The optical cable includes a plastic optical fiber (POF) and a buffer surrounding the POF along a portion of the length of the end of the optical cable. A terminus assembly terminates the end of the optical cable. The terminus assembly includes a terminus body having a cable passage and a crimp zone. At least a portion of the length of the end of the optical cable extends within the cable passage of the terminus body such that the terminus body surrounds the buffer of the optical cable at the crimp zone. The terminus body is mechanically crimped over, in engagement with, the buffer of the optical cable at the crimp zone. | 05-08-2014 |
20140133805 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLING METHOD - An exemplary optical fiber connector includes a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides thereof, and a third surface connected between the first surface and the second surface. Two projections are formed on the first surface, and extend a same distance along a direction perpendicular to the first surface. The optical fiber connector defines a fixing recess extending from the second surface towards the first surface and being open at the third surface. The fixing recess has a first inner surface and a second inner surface. The first inner surface is parallel to the third surface. The second inner surface is parallel to the first surface. The first inner surface defines a number of receiving grooves. The optical fiber connector defines a number of receiving holes extending from the second inner surface to the first surface. The receiving holes are aligned and communicated with the receiving grooves, respectively. | 05-15-2014 |
20140248021 | INTERFACE CONNECTOR HANDLE FOR DISPOSABLE GUIDEWIRE OPTICAL CONNECTION - The present document describes an interface connector handle for connecting a first optical fiber to a second optical fiber. The first optical fiber is substantially centered within a proximal portion of a guidewire tubing. The second optical fiber is routed through and extending from an optical interface cable. The interface connector handle comprises a biasing assembly for urging one of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber toward the other one of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber resulting in a contact therebetween | 09-04-2014 |
20140270646 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR HOUSING ASSEMBLY WITH DUAL INSERTION AND EXTRACTION OPTIONS - A housing for an optical connector including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall forming a passageway and a rear opening; a rear portion for receiving a first optical connector; a rectangular opening located on the top wall of the rear portion, wherein the rectangular opening extending from the rear opening along length of the rear portion of the top wall; a rectangular channel located on the bottom wall extending from the rear opening, wherein width of the channel is substantially equal to width of a stop located on distal end of the bottom wall of the connector; and a first notch located on the first side wall and a second notch located on the second side wall, wherein the first and second notches are capable of engaging with projections located on the connector when the connector is inserted into the housing. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314378 | OPTICAL MODULE PACKAGE - An optical module package is provided, the optical module package including a housing main body, a cover body, first and second holding members, and a fiber unit. The first and second holding members may form, inside thereof, a unit accommodating part according to the outer size of a fiber unit in a direct opposing state. The housing main body has locking projections set an arrangement interval between two opposing surfaces of outer surface of the first and second holding members arranged to oppose each other, and a space sandwiched between locking projections is set as an accommodating space for the first and second holding members. | 10-23-2014 |
20160004015 | UNIVERSAL FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - A universal fiber optic connector includes a housing and a fiber attachment element configured to attach an optical fiber in the housing. The attachment element positions the optical fiber such that an end face of the fiber is held within the housing. The fiber end face is positioned such that a beam of light emerging from the fiber end face has a defined wavefront located at a specified interface. | 01-07-2016 |
20160091668 | Optical Connector - An optical connector is provided with a first housing, a first optical fiber accommodated in the first housing, a second housing to which the first housing fits, and a second optical fiber accommodated in the second housing. An end face of the first optical fiber abut on an end face of the second optical fiber due to fitting the first housing to the second housing so that the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are optically connected. | 03-31-2016 |