Patent ID: 6309112
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector system comprising on the one hand a connector (1) bearing a first set of ferrules (2) and on the other hand a complementary connector (4) having, in coincidence therewith, a second set of ferrules (5) sticking out of a sliding sleeve (6) which is capable of taking two positions, a disconnecting position in which the sleeve is retracted on the complementary connector and exposes the ends of the second ferrules, and a connecting position, in which the sleeve is advanced on the complementary connector and forms the female receptacle (9) for the connector, characterized in that the connector has a fixed pusher (12) and in that the complementary connector has a moving assembly (14) which bears the second set of ferrules and is provided with an adjusting clip (37) abutting on the pusher during the passage from the disconnecting position to the connecting position and which surrounds one end of this pusher in the connecting position.