Patent ID: 7585118

Claim:
The combination of an adaptor and a male connector for both connecting a fiber optic cable to a female connector of an optical laser transmitter system, and for inserting a resistor having a value indicative of an acceptable fiber optic cable into a sensing circuit of a controller of the optical laser transmitter system, for causing the controller to respond by permitting activation of the optical laser transmitter system, and a ground clip means surrounding and electrically isolated from the female connector, said adaptor and male connector combination comprising: said adaptor being ring shaped, and including: a centrally located insulator ring formed from electrically insulative material, and having a centrally located threaded hole for screwing the adaptor onto the female connector; first electrically conductive means secured to a front face or end of said insulator ring; a second electrically conductive means secured to a back face or end of said insulator ring; said resistor being electrically connected between said first and second electrically conductive means; said female connector further including an outer threaded shell consisting of electrically conductive material, the shell having a cylindrical cavity for receiving an optical fiber(s), and the shell being electrically connected to a sense node of said sensing circuit; said male connector further including: a cylindrical housing or outer shell including a front face having a centrally located hole opening into a portion of a cavity extending through to a centrally located hole in a back face thereof; and an optical fiber holder secured within a cavity of said cylindrical housing, said holder including a front portion for retaining an optical fiber(s), said front portion protruding outward from the front face of said housing, and a back portion for retaining an optical fiber cable containing said optical fiber(s), the front portion being configured for snugly fitting into the cavity of said female connector; whereby said adaptor is screwed onto said female connector with its associated first electrically conductive means tightened against said ground clip means, for grounding one end of said resistor, whereafter said male connector is secured onto said female connector with its front face tightly against said second electrically conductive means of said adaptor; and third electrically conductive means, responsive to the front face of said connector being secured against said second electrically conductive means, when said connector is mounted on said female connector, for electrically connecting another end of said resistor through said female connector to the sense node of said sensing circuit.