Patent ID: 7690848
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber plug-in connection, comprising: first and second plug-in connectors, each plug-in connector having a ferrule configured to hold an optical fiber, a compression spring, and a latch arrangement configured to move axially with respect to the ferrule; a guide sleeve configured to receive the two ferrules of the first and second plug-in connectors, each of the plug-in connectors respectively being detachably guided and aligned with respect to each other within the guiding sleeve; and a coupling including a base plate, two side walls, and an open top defining an interior, the coupling defining a first receptacle within the interior that is configured to receive at least the first plug-in connector and a second receptacle within the interior that is configured to receive at least the second plug-in connector, the base plate defining at least one T-shaped guiding groove in each receptacle, each of the guiding grooves extending from a first groove end to a second groove end, the first groove end of each guiding groove being sufficiently wide to facilitate through passage of the latch arrangement of one of the plug-in connectors through the first groove end and the second groove end being sufficiently narrow to inhibit through passage of the latch arrangement through the second groove end, wherein the latch arrangement of each plug-in connector is configured to be passed through the first groove end of one of the guiding grooves and to be biased away from the first groove end toward the second groove end by the respective compression spring when the first and second plug-in connectors are mounted to the coupling.