Single optical fiber connector utilizing spherical alignment elements
CA 1108454 A · Owner: Itt Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Deacon, George R.
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Deacon 1A, SINGLE OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR UTILIZING SPHERICAL ALIGNMENT ELEMENTS, ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A connector for coupling a pair of single optical fibers is disclosed. Each contact of the connector utilizes three spheres of equal diameter defining a tricuspid interstitial space therebetween into which the end of a fiber is mounted. The spheres are embraced by a circular race. In the preferred embodiment the spheres, engage each other and the race. When a pair of contacts are mated in axial abutting relationship the spheres in, the mating contacts nest with respect to each other there-, by precisely laterally aligning the optical fibers which are mounted in the interstitial …
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- Granted September 8, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 8, 1998.
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