Patent ID: 8272791
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber connector, comprising: an optical fiber; a housing defining a first blind hole receiving the optical fiber, a second blind hole, a third blind hole and a U-shaped recess, the second blind hole distinctly oriented from the first blind hole and running to a bottom portion of the first blind hole, the U-shaped recess defined in the inner sidewall of the first blind hole and spatially corresponding to the third blind hole, the third blind hole distinctly oriented from the first blind hole and running to the U-shaped recess; a lens formed in the housing and aligned with the first blind hole, the lens having a lens surface exposed at the bottom portion of the first blind hole; and a first adhesive applied in the bottom portion of the first blind hole between the lens surface and the optical fiber; wherein the second blind hole is configured to allow venting of air in the first blind hole therefrom during insertion of the optical fiber into the first blind hole and the third blind hole is configured to introduce a second adhesive into the U-shaped recess to fix the optical fiber.