Patent ID: 9529162
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An optical fiber connector comprising: a fiber alignment body including an optical fiber guide channel extending therethrough, the optical fiber guide channel having a lead-in channel portion, a lead-out channel portion and a turn portion that connects the lead-in channel portion and the lead-out channel portion, the fiber alignment body having a reflective surface formed of metal that receives light traveling from an optical fiber located within the lead-in channel portion of the optical fiber guide channel and reflects the light into the lead-out channel portion of the optical fiber guide channel, wherein: the fiber alignment body comprises: a first fiber alignment member comprising a lead-in channel portion and a lead out channel portion, wherein the lead-in channel portion of the first fiber alignment member is transverse to the lead-out portion of the first fiber alignment member: and a second fiber alignment member comprising a lead-in channel portion and a lead out channel portion, wherein the lead-in channel portion of the second fiber alignment member is transverse to the lead-out portion of the second fiber alignment member; and the first fiber alignment member is connected to the second fiber alignment member such that the lead-in channel portion of the first fiber alignment member and the lead-in channel portion of the second fiber alignment member cooperate to form the lead-in channel portion of the optical fiber guide channel, and the lead-out channel portion of the first fiber alignment member and the lead-out channel portion of the second fiber alignment member cooperate to form the lead-out channel portion of the optical fiber guide channel, and the first fiber alignment member and the second fiber alignment member meet along a parting region that intersects the optical fiber guide channel.