Patent ID: 8554032
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An optical coupler system comprising: a coupler housing having a first end and a second end; a mixing channel extending from the first end of the coupler housing to the second end of the coupler housing, wherein the mixing channel is configured to receive an input optical signal from a first optical fiber at the first end and split the input optical signal into a plurality of output optical signals at the second end; a first receptacle configured to be connected to the first end of the coupler housing, wherein the first receptacle has a main housing and a funneling structure, wherein the main housing of the first receptacle is configured to receive a first plurality of optical fibers in a channel in the main housing, and wherein a portion of the first plurality of optical fibers is unjacketed and the funneling structure of the first receptacle reduces a size of the channel of the first receptacle to receive the portion of the first plurality of optical fibers that is unjacketed; and a second receptacle configured to be connected to the second end of the coupler housing, wherein the second receptacle has a main housing and a funneling structure, wherein the main housing for the second receptacle is configured to receive a second plurality of optical fibers in a channel in the main housing of the second receptacle, and wherein a portion of the second plurality of optical fibers is unjacketed and the funneling structure of the second receptacle reduces a size of the channel of the second receptacle to receive the portion of the second plurality of optical fibers that is unjacketed.