Patent ID: 9664861
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical fiber interconnect assembly, the optical fiber interconnect assembly comprising: a first housing component, the first housing component including a pair of spaced apart deflectable locking arms, each locking arm having a locking section and a locking arm engagement section, the locking section engaging a mating optical component, each locking arm being movable between a first operative position, at which each locking section engages the mating optical component to lock the optical fiber interconnect assembly to the mating optical component, and a second operative position, at which each locking arm is deflected and each locking section is spaced from the mating optical component; a second housing component operatively slidable relative to the first housing component between a locking position and an unlocking position, the second housing component having a second housing component engagement section which engages each locking arm engagement section to move the locking arm to the second operative position upon movement of the second housing component to the second unlocking position; a ferrule receiving opening disposed between the first housing component and the second housing component; a multi-fiber ferrule movably mounted within the ferrule receiving opening, the ferrule including a plurality of bores, each bore receiving an optical fiber therein; and at least one biasing member to bias the ferrule for movement within the ferrule receiving opening in a direction of mating the optical fiber interconnect assembly.