Patent ID: 6524015
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An adaptor for an optical cable terminal comprising:an outer tube (10) having a first end containing a pipe (11) with a bore (112) for receiving an interior optical cable (12) therein and detachably engageable with a toslink socket, a second end defining an opening, a passage extending between the pipe and the opening; a resilient clip (20) received in the passage of the outer tube and having an end plate and a pair of integral arms extending in a same direction from the end wall, each arm having a portion curved inwardly to form a pair of nibs (21), and the end plate having a central bevel hole (22); and an inner tube (30) detachably received in the passage of the outer tube (10) and abutting the clip (20) fitted therein, and having a central channel (35) receiving therethrough an exterior optical cable (42) with a terminal (40), whereby the exterior optical cable (42) has a distal tip thereof retained in the central bevel hole and at a proximity to a distal tip of the interior optical cable (12).