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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Werner Schmidt, Halver, DE;
Jürgen Bohn, Lüdenscheid, DE;
ESCHA Bauelemente GmbH, Halver, DE;
Abstract
A plug connector for an optical waveguide ( ), which has a sheathed, light-conducting core ( ) and an outer cladding ( ) which surrounds the core sheathing ( ), having a plug part ( ), which can be plugged together with a mating plug part ( ), the plug part ( ) forming a tube ( ) for insertion of the core ( ), which can be severed flush with the tube end ( ), and the mating plug part ( ) forming a shaft ( ) for insertion of the tube ( ), which shaft ( ) at the foot side is directed toward a transmitting/receiving element ( ). It is of relevance that the plug part ( ) is of two-part configuration, having a retaining part ( ), which includes the tube ( ) and holding parts ( ) for the core sheathing ( ) and also the outer cladding ( ), and a cap part ( ), which can be clipped in a watertight manner to the retaining part ( ) and has a passage opening for the optical waveguide ( ).