Patent ID: 7874740

Claim:
A housing for an optical waveguide ferrule, comprising first distance elements being determinative for the distance between two adjacently arranged housings and being formed by formations of the housing, the first distance elements being located opposite each other with respect to one of a center axis of the housing and the optical waveguide ferrule arranged in the housing, and the first distance elements being formed by a pair of first distance elements of a first type and a second type differing from the first type, wherein: the first distance elements of the first type have a greater distance from the center axis than the first distance elements of the second type, the first distance elements of a pair are located opposite each other in the axial direction, as related to the center axis of the housing, and the housing includes a plurality of pairs of the first distance elements which succeed each other alternately oriented along a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of pairs of the second distance elements which succeed each other alternatively oriented along the longitudinal axis, wherein two adjacent housings are arranged in a first orientation with their respective first distance elements of the first type opposing each other and being thus determinative for the distance between the center axes of the optical waveguide ferrules, and wherein said two adjacent housings are arranged in a second orientation with their respective first distance elements of the first type opposing respective first distance elements of the second type and being thus determinative for the distance between the center axes of the optical waveguide ferrules.