Patent ID: 6517253
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A connector (1, 101) for optical wave guides comprising a connector housing (2, 102) having a cable insertion end (3, 103) and having a opposite end;a fiber optic cable (4) is inserted into the connector housing (2,102) through the cable insertion end; outsides of a housing (10, 11); an inner ferrule individual housing (8, 9) having locking means (12, 13) on the outsides of the housing (10, 11); ferrules (6, 7) exiting at the opposite end (5, 105), which ferrules (6, 7) are each encapsulated in the inner ferrule individual housing (8, 9); locking means (12, 13) being had by the inner ferrule individual housing (8,9), on the outsides of the housing (10, 11); a connector coupling (16); an outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18); a locking counter element (14, 15) disposed at the connector coupling (16), wherein each of the locking means (12, 13) is capable of interacting with the locking counter-element (14, 15) of the connector counter-coupling (16) in such a way that a lock can be effectuated between the inner ferrule individual housing (8, 9) and the locking counter-element (14, 15) of the connector counter-coupling (16), whereby the inner ferrule individual housings (8, 9) are each held in the outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18) and are movable with respect to the outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18) in a direction parallel to an axis of the fiber optic cable (4) by a first movement path d1, said outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18) being accommodated in the connector housing (2, 102) such that said outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18) is movement-coupled and has unlocking means (19, 20); a lock engaged by the unlocking means (19, 20), wherein the lock can be released by axially moving the outer ferrule individual housing (17, 18) with respect to the inner ferrule individual housing (8, 9) in the direction of the cable insertion end (3, 103), whereby between the fiber optic cable (4) and the inner ferrule individual housing (8, 9), there is a movement-coupled connection (21, 22, 23, 121, 122, 123) that does not allow relative movements between the fiber optic cable and the inner ferrule individual housing and that can be moved with respect to the connector housing (2, 102).