INTERLOCK MECHANISM FOR OPTICAL FIBERS

Abstract: examples of the present disclosure describe an interlock mechanism for optical fibers. a protective enclosure for selectively covering a manual release mechanism of an optical fiber connector is described. in some examples, an optical system includes the protective enclosure, a mechanical actuator, and an optical device, among other components. a user interacts with the mechanical actuator to move the protective enclosure to a covered position or an uncovered position, disallowing or allowing, respectively, physical access to the manual release mechanism. the user's interaction with the mechanical actuator also concurrently turns the optical device on, off, or to a different power level, which provides, stops, or reduces the power of, respectively, optical signals provided to the optical fibers via the optical connector.

Inventor(s): Denizcan BILLOR, Binbin GUAN, Yawei YIN, Jamie GAUDETTE

CPC Classification: G02B6/4292 (Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements)

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