Patent ID: 6431763
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector assembly, comprising:a connector body having an inner wall defining a bore extending longitudinally through said connector body and shaded to receive an optical fiber; a fiber-retaining mechanism, disposed in the connector body, for retention of the optical fiber receive in said bore by frictionally engaging an outer circumferential surface of the optical fiber to thereby restrain displacement of the optical fiber relative to said bore, wherein said fiber-retaining mechanism includes a movable gripping member having a gripping portion slidably guided for movement along the longitudinal direction of said bore, said gripping portion having an engagement surface for frictional engagement with an outer jacket of the optical fiber, and said gripping portion being movable between a non-engaged position at which the engagement surface is disposed in non-contacting spaced relation to the outer jacket of the optical fiber, and an engaged position at which the engagement surface is disposed in frictional engagement with the outer jacket of the optical fiber.