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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Otto Schempp, Rappenau, DE;
Mathias Gerner, Obertshausen, DE;
Otto Schempp, Rappenau, DE;
Mathias Gerner, Obertshausen, DE;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical connector assembly for connecting optical waveguides to electro-optical components, in particular for producing multimedia connections in motor vehicles, for example in accordance with the MOST® standard. The connector assembly comprises a connector () having a mating connector receptacle () for receiving a complementary mating connector (), the mating connector () for forming the mating connection with the connector (), the optical waveguide (), which is held at a contact end () by means of the mating connector () in order to establish an optical connection between the optical waveguide () and the electro-optical component () when the mating connection is formed between the connector () and the mating connector (), and the electro-optical component (), which is arranged on a rear side () of the connector () and has an optically active area () having a predetermined diameter for coupling optical signals in/out, the connector () having a connection element () for receiving the optical waveguide (), an optical coupling element () being arranged in the connector () between the optical waveguide () and the electro-optical component () for transmitting light waves from the optical waveguide () to the electro-optical component (), or vice versa, and the coupling element () comprising an essentially cylindrical optical waveguide section (), which has a larger diameter than the optical waveguide ().