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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Oliver Bleck, München, DE;
Helge Schmidt, Speyer, DE;
Tyco Electronics Logistics AG, Steinach, CH;
Abstract
A ferrule container for holding a plurality of ferrules retaining a multiplicity of optical fibers. The ferrule container includes outer walls defining a plurality of parallel ferrule passageways for holding a plurality of ferrules, and a ferrule holder including a spring holder and a compression spring. The spring holder and one of the outer walls are formed with mutually cooperating structure including a latching nose and a latching nose opening cooperating to orient and hold the spring holder in at least one of the ferrule passageways. A connecting configuration is also provided for connecting a multiplicity of optical fibers including a board housing with a first ferrule and a bushing housing with a second ferrule. The first ferrule and the bushing housing are constructed such that they can be intermated on a carrier plate in such a way that the board can be displaced to a large extent with reference to the carrier plate without having a negative effect on a connection between a ferrule on the board and a ferrule on the carrier plate.