Patent ID: 6424758
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A optical fiber socket containing an integral switch to select between an electrically isolated mode and an actuated mode, comprising:a housing having a recess configured to receive therein an optical fiber plug and defined at one end thereof, a flange extending along three sides of the one end, a flap pivotally attached thereto and receivable in an area defined by the flange, an under face, and at least one passage extending between the area defined by the flange and the under face; a cartridge having a top face configured to mate with the under face of the housing and retained with the housing by a clip; and a switch device received between the top face of the cartridge and the under face of the housing and partly extendable through the at least one passage of the housing to protrude into the area defined by the flange when the socket is in the actuated mode with the flap raised away from the flange, and when the flap is received within the flange the switch device is urged back by the flap from the area defined by the flange when the socket is in the electrically isolated mode.