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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael de Jong, Colleyville, TX (US);
Micah Colen Isenhour, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Dennis Michael Knecht, Hickory, NC (US);
James Phillip Luther, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Translating lens holder assemblies employing bore relief zones, as well as optical connectors employing such lens holder assemblies, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lens holder assembly includes a lens holder body having a mating face, a first forward slide portion and a first rear slide portion disposed on a first side of the lens holder body, and a second forward slide portion and a second rear slide portion disposed on a second side of the lens holder body. The first forward slide portion is separated from the first rear slide portion by a first bore relief zone, and the second forward slide portion is separated from the second rear slide portion by a second bore relief zone. In one embodiment, the lens holder assembly further includes at least one groove alignment feature disposed in the lens holder body that is configured to support at least one GRIN lens.