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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1989
Terry P Bowen, Etters, PA (US);
Randy M Manning, New Cumberland, PA (US);
Robert W Roff, Westfield, NJ (US);
Bruce M Graham, Hummelstown, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector body 4 encircling an optical focusing element 5, a laser diode 3 having an emission axis aimed along an axis at an absorption end 6 of the focusing element 5, the focusing element 5 converting diverging optical emission of the laser diode 3 into a converging beam of radiation, and a coupler element 7 contacting the focusing element 5 without an air gap therebetween to receive the beam of radiation without backward reflection, the connector body 4 having a socket 9, and the coupler element 7 having a front end 8 in the socket 9 for physical contact with an end 10 of an optical fiber 2 disconnectably inserted in the socket 9.