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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Ulrich Bonna, Trossingen, DE;
Bernd Armbruster, Aichhalden, DE;
Stefan Fuchs, Boehringen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Trumpf Laser GmbH + Co. KG, Schramberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber connector includes a sleeve having a first end surface, an abutment having a second end surface, the abutment being located within the sleeve and axially movable within the sleeve, and at least three balls located between the first end surface and the second end surface within the sleeve for clamping an optical fiber, the balls having centers disposed in a plane and being axially and radially displaceable in the sleeve and biased radially inwardly toward a central axis of the sleeve. At least one of the first end surface and the second end surface includes a conical surface.