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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Myung-Yung Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Sang-Ho Park, Daejeon, KR;
Oh-Gone Chun, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-Ho Ahn, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Goo Choy, Daejeon, KR;
Hak-Seok Kim, Kyungsangbuk-Do, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Korea Telecommunication Authority, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An improved multifiber optical connector is disclosed which concurrently transmits an optical signal and provides for optical signal transmission with a lower transmission loss. The connector includes an adapter including openings into which a plug is inserted, a pass through hole formed in a central portion of the multifiber optical connector, and engaging holes formed in portions of the multifiber optical connector, a plug, which engages the openings of the adapter, including a through hole, into which optical fibers are inserted, formed in a central portion of the plug, an engaging portion having an engaging jaw portion for connecting the plug to the adapter and formed at one end of the plug, a plug housing for receiving a body of the plug, a ferrule, which is disposed in one end of the plug, having a plurality of holes into which a core of the optical fibers are inserted to provide protection and alignment, an optical fiber alignment device inserted into the pass through hole of the adapter, for surrounding an outer portion of the ferrule disposed at one end of the plug inserted into the adapter and for aligning the optical fiber inserted into the ferrule, and an optical cable protector surrounding an outer portion of the optical cable connected for protecting against breakage of the optical cable.