Patent ID: 6371663
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A multichannel optical module for receiving a connector of the type having a connector housing with shaped elements and a substantially cylindrical connector pin in the housing with a plurality of optical conductors arranged in a central longitudinal plane, the module comprising:a housing formed with a connection port for receiving a connector along a plug-in direction and locking the connector therein; a plurality of electrooptical transducers assigned to said connection port, said transducers being optically aligned via waveguides next to one another with a coupling plane oriented perpendicular to the plug-in direction; a common coupling member; said waveguides extending in said common coupling member and spreading open toward said transducers, and said waveguides extending between said transducers and said central longitudinal plane; said connection port having a cylindrical holding sleeve for a connector pin of the connector, and locking elements cooperating mechanically with shaped elements of the connector housing; and alignment aids formed on said holding sleeve for mutually aligning said connection port and the connector pin of the connector, said alignment aids cooperating with corresponding alignments aids on the connector pin such that in the region of the coupling plane a respective one of said transducers is coupled individually to an end of a respective one of the optical conductors.