Optical Fiber Pinching Prevention Features for VSFF Fiber Optic Connector Housing

Abstract: a vsff fiber optic connector has a housing with a first crimp half at a rear portion of the housing and having a fiber channel to receive optical fibers for termination in the vsff fiber optic connector and a second crimp half separable from the first crimp half, the second crimp half being attachable to the housing at the first crimp half after termination of the optical fibers in the vsff fiber optic connector. the first crimp half has first and second retention features to engage the second crimp half, wherein an inward facing surface of each of the first and the second retention features are continuous with the fiber channel.

Inventor(s): Jason Higley

CPC Classification: G02B6/3857 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)

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