FIBER OPTICAL CONNECTORS

Abstract: an optical connector has a connector housing assembly for holding one or more ferrules, the connector housing assembly having a height align a vertical alignment axis and a width perpendicular to the height. the connector housing assembly includes an inner front body and an outer release component, the outer release component being movable in relation to the inner front body between a front position and a back position. the optical fiber connector is configured to mate with a receptacle having an upper receptacle hook such that the upper receptacle hook is received in the upper receptacle hook recess and latches with the upper hook retainer surface when the outer release component is in the front position and such that the upper ramp lifts the upper receptacle hook out of the upper receptacle hook recess when the outer release component moves to the back position.

Inventor(s): Kazuyoshi TAKANO, Jimmy Jun-Fu CHANG

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

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