Allied Corporation

Amphenol Corporation

Andrew Matzkin-Bridger

Ronald W Morse

John Henry Mikolaicyk

Charles S Hale

An alignment bushing (40) having a frusto-conical entranceway (44,46) at each of its opposite end faces (41,43) with each entranceway receiving a frusto-conical lens (30) terminted to an optical fiber cable (16,26), the bushing optically aligning and coupling an optical signal passed between a fiber in each with each lens having its focal point (31) coaxially rearward of a hemispherical nose portion of the lens and abutting the fiber end. The frusto-conical cross-section defining the entranceway and lens conform identically to assure coaxial seating.

Fiber optic connector assembly

The invention described is a hermetically sealed fiber optic connector that may be repeatedly coupled and uncoupled. A fiber optic connector assembly incorporating the principles and features of this invention is characterized by an optically transparent window (3), hermetically sealed (6) within a main housing (1) passage (2), a member (30, 40) mounted on each side of the window (3) having axially aligned bores (31, 41) that axially align lenses (10, 20) and their respective optical fibers (81, 83) and a lens holder assembly (70) mounted within a second housing (50) that may be uncoupled from the main housing (1).

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Oneonta, NY, United States of America

Andrew Matzkin-Bridger