Patent ID: 6371659
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector system, comprising:two multiway connectors each having a connector housing with a longitudinal axis and a plurality of individual plug connectors float-mounted in said connector housing; a plurality of alignment aids on said connector housings and an individual alignment element on each of said individual plug connectors; said connector housings having a face edge, and said alignment aids being a plurality of long tab-shaped projections and a plurality of short tab-shaped projections on said face edge of said connector housing, said connector housings of said two multiway connectors being provided with substantially identical alignment aids disposed such that, when one of said multiway connectors is rotated through 180Â° about the longitudinal axis thereof with respect to the other one of said multiway connectors, said long tab-shaped projections cooperate with said short tab-shaped projections; and a coupling bush for axially fixing said housings of said two connectors to one another in a mating position thereof.