Patent ID: 7460750

Claim:
A device comprising: a lens holder having an outside diameter substantially equal to 1.25 millimeters; a lens mounted within the lens holder, and wherein the lens is a spherical ball lens; a ferrule mountable within the lens holder; a gap between the ferrule and the lens; and a ferrule holder mounted within the lens holder, and wherein the lens holder has an outside diameter and an inside diameter, and wherein the lens has an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the lens holder, and wherein the ferrule has an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the lens, and wherein the lens holder has a first aperture, a second aperture, and a third aperture, the first aperture has an inside diameter, the second aperture has an inside diameter, the third aperture has an inside diameter, the first aperture is substantially co-linear with the second aperture, and the second aperture is substantially co-linear with the third aperture, the inside diameter of the first aperture is greater than the inside diameter of the second aperture, the inside diameter of the first aperture is greater than the inside diameter of the third aperture, the inside diameter of the third aperture is greater than the inside diameter of the second aperture, and wherein the outside diameter of the lens is less than the inside diameter of the first aperture of the lens holder, and wherein the outside diameter of the ferrule is less than the inside diameter of the second aperture of the lens holder, and wherein the outside diameter of the ferrule holder is less than the inside diameter of the third aperture of the lens holder, and wherein the inside diameter of the ferrule holder is greater than the outside diameter of the ferrule.