OPTICAL CONNECTIONS HAVING INTEGRAL ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE

摘要

Disclosed are optical plugs (80) and optical connectors (10) having one or more integral alignment features (18a) used for making optical connections. In one embodiment, an optical connector comprising an optical body (12) and at least one magnetic attachment (20). The optical body (12) comprises a front side (13) with a first surface (13a), an optical section (14) comprising at least one optical channel (16), and a datum section (18) disposed on a second surface (13b) of the front side (13) and comprising one or more integral alignment features (18a). The optical body (12) also comprises a circuit mounting portion (19) disposed at a rear side (17) of the optical body (12). The datum section (18) may be arranged on opposite sides of the optical section (14). Further, the one or more integral alignment feature (18a) may be arranged at a top and a bottom of the datum section (18) for alignment in a first direction. The first surface (13a) may also be recessed from the second surface (13b).