Patent ID: 7553090
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector for establishing a connection to a complementary mating connector having a complementary optical terminal element defining a complementary optical axis, comprising: a connector housing including a mating receptacle for establishing a connection with said complementary mating connector; said mating receptacle including at least one integrally-formed sleeve, protruding from a side of said connector housing, forming a channel and a channel extension adjacent to one another along a stop surface for said complementary optical terminal element; said channel and channel extension forming a channel axis to be coincident with said complementary optical axis of said complementary optical terminal element, when the same is mated with the optical connector; said channel extension being formed with clamping elements, and at least one optical fiber section; said at least one optical fiber section having a front end with a front optical contact surface and a rear end with a rear optical contact surface, said optical fiber section being affixed in said channel extension of said sleeve by means of said clamping elements, and being positioned to establish, with said front optical contact surface, an optical connection to said complementary optical element of said complementary connector; wherein said clamping elements define a gradually narrowing opening in said channel extension, longitudinally spaced from said stop surface and arranged with a set-back relative to said front optical contact surface such that said front end of said at least one optical fiber section extends beyond said gradually narrowing opening in said channel extension adjacent to said complementary optical terminal element of said complementary connector.