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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Kazuyoshi Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Jimmy Jun-Fu Chang, Worcester, MA (US);
Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical connector holding one or more optical ferrule assembly is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the one or more optical ferrule assembly, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating receptacle, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. The outer body and the inner front body are configured such that four optical ferrule assembly are accommodated in a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver footprint or eight optical ferrule assembly are accommodated in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver footprint. A receptacle can hold one or more connector inner bodies forming a single boot for all the optical fibers of the inner bodies.