Patent ID: 6276839
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A plug arrangement for an optical insert-rack plug connection between at least one sleeve portion on a relatively fixed mother board and at least one plug portion of a relatively movable daughter board, said arrangement comprisinga plug housing held on said daughter board,a plug ferrule mounted in the plug housing under preloaded axial spring tension,means for engaging the plug housing in the sleeve portion in an engagement position, wherein for compensation of mass tolerances the daughter board can be mechanically decoupled from the plug ferrule of from the mother board after reaching the engagement position, anda spring-action thrust element supporting the plug housing, the spring force of said thrust element maintaining the support until attaining the engagement position and subsequently, with continued thrust movement, automatically releasing said support, and the thrust element is a U-shaped fork having prongs which are splayable and/or pinchable together, and further comprising thrust lugs arranged on said prongs, said thrust lugs coordinating with a mechanical thrust stop.