Patent ID: 9261656
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. An optical lens connector comprising: a lens body having a planar surface to receive an optical lens; an optical lens disposed in the lens body, wherein the optical lens is a GRIN (gradient index) lens comprising a flat surface, wherein a plane of the flat surface is orthogonal to a direction of light signal propagation through the optical lens, and wherein the flat surface is parallel to the planar surface of the lens body, and wherein the GRIN lens has a dopant concentration that changes radially along the flat surface to focus the light signal through an optical pathway to an optical fiber; a sleeve with connector guides to constrain movement of the optical lens body in two dimensions, and a spring to exert a force on the lens body, wherein the spring is to move the optical lens body inside the sleeve along the direction of light signal propagation toward a mating connector.