Patent ID: 8976345
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G01M,G02B

Abstract:
1. A fitting tip for an inspection microscope for inspecting an angled fiber-optic connector endface inserted into a fiber-optic connector adapter, the fitting tip comprising: a tip housing having a front end for inserting into the connector adapter opposite to the connector endface, a back end for mounting to a front portion of the inspection microscope, and an internal channel extending from the front end to the back end; and a relay lens system disposed inside the internal channel of the tip housing, wherein, when the front end of the tip housing is inserted into the connector adapter and the back end of the tip housing is mounted to the inspection microscope, the optical axis of the inspection microscope and the optical axis of the relay lens system intersect inside the internal channel of the tip housing and form a predetermined nonzero acute angle γ