Patent ID: 6634797
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A multi-fiber array assembly comprising:a main housing; a stopper defining a plurality of passages; a ferrule holder retained in the main housing, and comprising, the stopper being secured to the ferrule holder at a location rearward of the first array of holes; a plurality of ferrules with optical fibers retained therein, each ferrule having a conical front end and being extended in a corresponding hole of the first array of holes; a plurality of pushing devices compressed between the ferrules and the stopper thereby exerting forward pushing force to the ferrules, the optical fibers extending through the passages of the stopper; and a front plate secured to a front of the ferrule holder and defining a second array of holes therein, each of the second array of holes having a rear conical section in which the conical front end of a corresponding ferrule is fitted.