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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Marcellus P. J. Buijs, Ede, NL;
Jeroen Antonius Maria Duis, Didam, NL;
Jan Willem Rietveld, Benschop, NL;
Antonius Bernardus Gerardus Bolhaar, Ophemert, NL;
Paul Schneider, Gemonde, NL;
Joseph Gerardus Maria Vos, Elsendrop, NL;
Jacco Elenbaas, Heijningen, NL;
Marcellus P. J. Buijs, Ede, NL;
Jeroen Antonius Maria Duis, Didam, NL;
Jan Willem Rietveld, Benschop, NL;
Antonius Bernardus Gerardus Bolhaar, Ophemert, NL;
Paul Schneider, Gemonde, NL;
Joseph Gerardus Maria Vos, Elsendrop, NL;
Jacco Elenbaas, Heijningen, NL;
Tyco Electronics Nederland BV, Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
An optical ferrule comprising: (a) a body defining an end face; (b) one or more channels extending from said end face through said body, each channel adapted to receive an optical fiber; and (c) first and second alignment pin channels defined in said end face, each alignment pin channel having a center point, said center points being disposed along a first axis, said first alignment pin channel having a first cross section essentially the same as that of an alignment pin and being adapted to receive said alignment pin, said second alignment pin channel having a second cross section elongated along said first axis.