Patent ID: 6354746
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A receptacle for a plug on an end of an optical fiber cable, comprising:four sidewalls together forming a plug receiving socket having an open end through which a plug enters and leaves the socket; said four sidewalls including first and second opposite sidewalls, third and fourth opposite sidewalls that are perpendicular to the first and second sidewalls, and end surfaces on said sidewalls at the open end of the socket; said fourth sidewall having an outer surface; said first and second sidewalls including coaxial, pivot pin receiving openings that extend through them near their end surfaces, and near the fourth sidewall, said pivot pin receiving openings having axes that are axially inwardly from the end surfaces of the first and second sidewalls a distance x and are laterally inwardly of the outer surface of the fourth sidewall a distance y; wherein the end surface on said fourth sidewall intersects the outer surface of the fourth sidewall along an intersection line L that is parallel to the axes of the pivot pin receiving openings; wherein the line L is spaced from the axes of the pivot pin receiving openings a distance z that is greater than the distance x and greater than the distance y; a closure wall for the open end of the socket having a pair of pivot pin support arms projecting from it and a laterally inwardly projecting pivot pin on each said support arms, sized and positioned to be received within said pivot pin receiving openings; and said support arms being of a length that places the pivot pin axes away from the inner surface of the closure wall a distance that is substantially equal to or greater than the distance x, and substantially equal to or greater than the distance y, and smaller than the distance z, whereby the closure wall, in a closed position, extends across the open end of the socket and its inner surface substantially contacts the end surfaces of at least two of the sidewalls, and when it is in an open position, its inside surface substantially contacts the outer surface of the fourth sidewall, and wherein the support arms for the pivot pins are mounted to allow movement of the closure member from its open position to its closed position and from its closed position to its open position.