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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Cheng Tang, Shanghai, CN;
Shiwen Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Changbao Ma, Austin, TX (US);
Bing Hao, Woodbury, MN (US);
Boon K. Lee, Leander, TX (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An optical connector assembly () includes a housing (), an optical ferrule (); and an optical fiber array (). The housing () has a mating end () and an opposite cable end () and includes: a first housing portion () including a front support () proximate the mating end () and a rear support () disposed between the front support () and the cable end (); and a second housing portion () assembled to the first housing portion () and including a middle support () disposed between the front and rear supports (). The ferrule () is supported by the front support (). Front ends of optical fibers of the optical fiber array () are received by and attached to an attachment area of the ferrule (). When the second housing portion () is assembled to the first housing portion (), the middle support () of the second housing portion () contacts and bends the optical fiber array () about the middle support (). The bend causes the optical ferrule () to rotate about the front support ().