Patent ID: 6019519
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A connector comprising: at least one connector body with aligned optical fibers, a wall on the connector against which the connector body is seated to maintain the connector body stationary during alignment with a mating connector body, and a resilient member encircling the connector body, wherein, following unseating of the connector body by the application of pressure by the mating connector body, the connector body is attached by the resilient member in floating suspension against an interior of an opening through the wall so as to float in the opening in response to vibration, alignment ferrules are aligned along passages through the connector body, the alignment ferrules terminate respective optical fibers, environmental seals encircle respective alignment ferrules, resilient springs bias the environmental seals toward respective collars on the alignment ferrules, and the environmental seals compress against the collars and compress against interiors of the passages to seal the passages.