Patent ID: 7824110

Claim:
A data transmission cable for motor vehicles comprising a plastic plug housing arranged on at least one end, said housing having mechanical dimensions in its interface region which conform to the FAKRA standardization scheme for 50Ω-RFI, said cable including: an optical waveguide; a holding member provided in the plastics housing, said holding member having a plug side end and configured for holding an optical imaging element in the form of a lens and for connecting said optical imaging element to the optical waveguide and being arranged in the plug housing such that in the inserted condition of the plug housing in a complementary coupler housing, the optical imaging element held thereon has a predetermined axial separation from the optical imaging element in the complementary coupler housing; a coupling sleeve fastened to said plug side end of said holding member when said plug housing is not engaged with said coupler housing, and having an axial bore for receiving and aligning said optical imaging element; and a releasable primary safety device in mechanical communication and cooperating with said coupling sleeve such that when said primary safety device is in a locked position, said coupling sleeve together with said holding member are releasably secured within said plug housing when said plug housing is not engaged with said coupler housing.