Patent ID: 11914211
Assignee: GO!FOTON HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical connector assembly comprising:
an optical component assembly including an optical unit;
first inner and first outer optical fibers on opposing sides of the optical unit such that the optical unit receives a first optical signal from the first inner optical fiber and the first outer optical fiber receives a second optical signal from the optical unit or such that the optical unit receives the second optical signal from the first outer optical fiber and the first inner optical fiber receives the first optical signal from the optical unit;
a componentry cover encapsulating an entirety of the optical unit and first portions of the first inner and the first outer optical fibers;
a connector through which a second portion of the first outer optical fiber extends, the second portion being exposed to route the second optical signal; and
a bendable cover attaching the componentry cover to the connector,
wherein the bendable cover has an outer diameter along an entirety of a length of the bendable cover at least as large as an outer diameter of the componentry cover where the bendable cover attaches to the componentry cover.