Patent ID: 9726829
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical fiber connector comprising: a ferrule coupled to one or more optical fiber ribbons; a connector housing coupled with a radius controlled ribbon bending housing, wherein the connector housing surrounds the ferrule on at least four sides, and the one or more optical fiber ribbons coupled to the ferrule are within the connector housing, and wherein the radius controlled ribbon bending housing incorporates one or more guide rails, wherein the one or more guide rails are parallel protrusions extending from the radius controlled ribbon bending housing, and wherein a space between the one or more guide rails is wide enough to fit a stack of one or more fiber ribbons from an adjacent optical fiber connector and align the stack; and a strain relief clamp coupled with the radius controlled ribbon bending housing, wherein the radius controlled ribbon bending housing includes at least one pin and the strain relief clamp includes at least one hook, and wherein the strain relief clamp couples with the radius controlled ribbon bending housing when the at least one hook of the strain relief clamp slides around the at least one pin of the radius controlled ribbon bending housing.