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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Rickenbach, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Gilbert F Perleberg, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon E-Systems, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 60 ;
Abstract
A connector for optical fibers comprising a plug assembly and a first ferrule mounted coaxially therein, a receptacle assembly and a second ferrule mounted coaxially therein, wherein at least one of the plug-mounted ferrule and the receptacle-mounted ferrule is biased outwardly from a fiber-entry end of the ferrule. An alignment sleeve optically connects the ferrules and maintains the optical connection during translation of one of the plug assembly and the receptacle assembly in a longitudinal direction relative to the other.