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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicholas A. Lee, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A molded optical ferrule configured to mate with a mating component includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of side surfaces joining the top and bottom surfaces. The plurality of side surfaces includes a plurality of first side surface portions and a plurality of second side surface portions. The first side surface portions make a first angle greater than zero degrees with a thickness direction of the optical ferrule, the first angle assisting in the removal of the optical ferrule from a mold. The plurality of second side surface portions extends outwardly from the first side surface portions and makes a second angle less than the first angle with the thickness direction. When the optical ferrule mates with the mating component, at least some of the second, but not the first, side surface portions contact corresponding side surface portions of the mating component.