Optical receptacles having compliance support interface for facilitating alignment with fiber optic connectors during insertion, and related components, systems, and methods

摘要

Optical receptacles having compliance for facilitating alignment with fiber optic connectors during insertion, and related components, systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, an optical receptacle disposed in a receptacle optical assembly optically connects to a fiber optic component, for example, a ferrule, for facilitating transmission of an optical signal from the optical receptacle to the exemplary ferrule. A support interface between the optical receptacle and receptacle housing contains a compliance feature that permits the optical receptacle to move with respect to the receptacle housing during insertion of the fiber optic connector. An insertion force of the fiber optic connector causes the optical receptacle to be able to move into optical alignment with the connector during insertion of the fiber optic connector, thereby moving ferrule(s) of the fiber optic connector into optical alignment with the ferrule(s) of the optical receptacle.

主权项

1. A receptacle optical assembly, comprising:
a receptacle housing; an optical receptacle disposed in the receptacle housing, the optical receptacle configured to optically connect at least one fiber optic component; and at least one compliance support interface disposed between the receptacle housing and the optical receptacle, the at least one support interface configured to permit the optical receptacle to move with respect to the receptacle housing in response to insertion of a fiber optic connector such that an insertion force of the connector causes the optical receptacle to move into optical alignment with the fiber optic connector.