Patent ID: 8469610

Claim:
A connection system, comprising: a plug portion comprising a plug optical port region, a plug body, an end of a optical fiber, and a reflector, the reflector disposed between an end of the optical fiber and the plug optical port region, the reflector oriented to redirect light between a fiber optical axis of the optical fiber and a plug optical port axis in the plug optical port region; and a receptacle portion comprising a receptacle optical port region, a receptacle body, and at least one opto-electronic signal communication device, the opto-electronic signal communication device having a device optical axis, the device optical axis aligned with the plug optical port axis when the plug portion and receptacle portion are in a mated position and the plug optical port region is adjacent the receptacle optical port region, wherein a planar surface of the receptacle body adjacent the opto-electronic signal communication device defines the receptacle optical port region, and the device optical axis intersects the planar surface at an oblique angle.