Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical connections having integral alignment structure
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Application No.: US14864078Application Date: 2015-09-24
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Publication No.: US10025042B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Micah Colen Isenhour , James Phillip Luther , Andreas Matiss , Percil Watkins
- Applicant: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee: Corning Optical Communications LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agent Michael E. Carroll, Jr.
- Main IPC: G02B6/38
- IPC: G02B6/38 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
Disclosed are optical plugs and optical connectors having one or more integral alignment features used for making optical connections. In one embodiment, an optical connector comprising an optical body and at least one magnetic attachment. The optical body comprises a front side with a first surface, an optical section comprising at least one optical channel, and a datum section disposed on a second surface of the front side and comprising one or more integral alignment features. The optical body also comprises a circuit mounting portion disposed at a rear side of the optical body. The datum section may be arranged on opposite sides of the optical section. Further, the one or more integral alignment feature may be arranged at a top and a bottom of the datum section for alignment in a first direction. The first surface may also be recessed from the second surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160011381A1 OPTICAL CONNECTIONS HAVING INTEGRAL ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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