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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Robert William Musk, Fieldings, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical connector is provided for connecting an optical fiber to, for example, a laser. The optical connector comprises a housing defining a passage therethrough and a stop for abutment against a face of a ferrule containing an optical fiber. The stop is positioned and shaped so that in use the area of contact between the stop and the ferrule end face is less than 10% of the total area of the end face of the ferrule, and the area of contact between the stop and the ferrule end face is close to a central axis of the ferrule. Many different designs of angled ferrule are available for reducing the level of optical reflections within optical systems. The present optical connector allows these many different designs of angled ferrules to be accurately aligned to an optical device.