OPTICAL CONNECTION TO BACKPLANES

摘要

MEANS FOR EFFECTING A DISCONNECTABLE OPTICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN AN OPTICAL GUIDE CARRIED BY A CIRCUIT BOARD C AND AN OPTICAL GUIDE CARRIED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH A BACKPLANE B COMPRISES IN COMBINATION A TWO-PART PLUG AND SOCKET MECHANICAL CONNECTOR AND A TWO-PART PLUG AND SOCKET OPTICAL FIBRE CONNECTOR. PART (92) OF THE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR IS MOVABLE TO A LIMITED EXTENT WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKPLANE OR CIRCUIT BOARD C ON WHICH IT IS CARRIED AND THE OTHER PART (91) OF THE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR IS FIXEDLY SECURED TO A CIRCUIT BOARD OR TO THE BACKPLANE B. PART (15) OF THE OPTICAL FIBRE CONNECTOR IS HOUSED IN AND FIXEDLY SECURED WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED PART (91) OF THE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR AND THE OTHER PART (16) OF THE OPTICAL FIBRE CONNECTOR IS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN AND WITH RESPECT TO THE MOVABLE PART (92) OF THE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR AND IS URGED BY A SPRING (21) TOWARDS THE MATING END OF THE MOVABLE PART OF THE MECHANICAL CONNECTOR. THE OPTICAL CONNECTING MEANS CAN ACCOMODATE ANY PLAY BETWEEN A CIRCUIT BOARD C AND THE RACK IN WHICH THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS DISPOSED. (FIG. 8)