Patent ID: 6688778
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A connector system for fibre optic male contacts (51) having an elongated ferule (52) for centrally housing an end portion of a fibre optic core, comprising a standard two-part connector for printed circuit boards having a plug shell (1) inserted into a socket shell (2), said shells having grids (5, 12) and a plurality of opposed cavities (6, 13) for separate contacts, a front plug shell hollow insert (16) and a rear plus shell hollow insert (17) assembled in communication to one another in a cavity (6) of the plug shell (1), and a floating alignment sleeve (48), characterised in that it comprises a front socket shell hollow insert (31) and a rear socket shell hollow insert (32) assembled in communication to one another in a cavity (13) of the socket shell (2) opposed to said cavity (6) of the plug shell (1), in that said front socket shell insert (31) had a first portion (33) engaged into said cavity (13) of the socket shell (2) and a second portion (35) engaged into said front plug shell insert (16) and in that said floating alignment sleeve (48) extends at least in one of said front plug shell insert (16) and front socket shell insert (31) for front to front aligned housing of the ferrules (52) of two fibre optic male contacts (51) respectively plugged into said rear plug shell insert (17) and rear socket shell insert (32).