Optical fiber coupling connector with layered arrays of optical fibers

摘要

An optical fiber coupling connector of compactness includes a main body, and first and second layers of optical fibers which are all parallel. The main body includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a back surface. The upper surface carries a row of light-emitting optical fibers and the lower surface carries a row of light-receiving optical fibers. The upper surface partially or entirely overlaps the lower surface perpendicularly. The light-emitting fibers are fixed in the upper surface with first glue body and any excess glue flows to and collects by a recess in the upper surface. The light-receiving fibers are fixed in the lower surface with second glue body and any excess glue flows to and collects in a recess in the lower surface.

主权项

1. An optical fiber coupling connector comprising:
a main body comprising an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a front surface, and a back surface opposite to the front surface, the front surface and the back surface interconnected between the upper surface and the lower surface;
the upper surface defining an upper recess passing through the back surface, the lower surface defining a lower recess passing through the back surface;the front surface defining a plurality of first through holes communicating with the upper recess and a plurality of second through holes communicating with the lower recess, the first through holes arranged side by side at equal intervals along a same imaginary first plane, with centers of the first through holes coinciding with the first plane, and the second through holes arranged side by side at equal intervals along a same imaginary second plane, with centers of the second through holes coinciding with the second plane;the first plane being below and substantially parallel to the second plane, and the second plane partially or entirely overlapping the first plane; a plurality of first optical fibers received in the upper recess and extending in the respective first through holes; a plurality of second optical fibers received in the lower recess and extending in the respective second through holes; a first glue body filled in the upper recess thereby securing the first optical fibers in the main body; and a second glue body filled in the lower recess thereby securing the second optical fibers in the main body.