STACKABLE OPTICAL FERRULE AND CONNECTOR USING SAME

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STACKABLE OPTICAL FERRULE AND CONNECTOR USING SAME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18944412 titled 'STACKABLE OPTICAL FERRULE AND CONNECTOR USING SAME

Original Abstract Submitted

An optical ferrule includes an optical coupling member with a light redirecting element that redirects input light from a waveguide toward an output window. The optical coupling member has a mating surface configured to slidably mate with a mating optical coupling member along a longitudinal axis of the optical ferrule. The optical ferrule also includes at least one stacking member along a longitudinal edge of the optical coupling member. The stacking member has a distal end extending beyond one of the mating surface and a top surface opposed to the mating surface. The stacking member also has a contact surface opposed to the distal end. The contact surface is configured to rotatably interface with a corresponding distal end of a of an adjacently stacked optical ferrule.