Patent ID: 7825365

Claim:
A fiber-optic harness testing apparatus comprising: an analyzer including a controller configured to provide a first electrical signal defining a transmit test signal and to receive a second electrical signal defining a return test signal and to determine an attenuation value between the transmit test signal and the return test signal to thereby determine an attenuation across one or more optical fibers of a fiber-optic harness under test; a plurality of electrical ports configured to electrically interface with a corresponding plurality of elongate electrical conductors defining a plurality of electrical test leads; the plurality of electrical test leads each having a first connector configured to operably connect to a corresponding one of the plurality of electrical ports to define a plurality of first test lead connectors, and a second connector adapted to mechanically and optically interface with a corresponding connector of the fiber-optic harness under test to define a plurality of second test lead connectors, each of the plurality of second test lead connectors adapted to perform at least one of the following functions: receive electrical signals from the controller and correspondingly transmit optical signals associated therewith to the corresponding connector of the fiber-optic harness under test, or receive optical signals from the corresponding connector of the fiber-optic harness under test and correspondingly transmit electrical signals associated therewith to the controller; and a plurality of sets of test lead connector termini, each set of test lead connector termini positioned in a separate one of the plurality of second test lead connectors, each test lead connector terminus adapted to optically interface with a corresponding fiber-optic harness connector terminus positioned in one or more of the connectors of the fiber-optic harness under test, each test lead connector terminus also including a ferrule having an end face portion, an aperture extending into the end face portion of the ferrule, and an optically active element comprising at least one of a light-transmitting or light-receiving element and positioned within the aperture and having one or more electrical conductors extending therefrom in electrical communication with one or more of the plurality of electrical test leads.