| 摘要 |
<p>An optical fiber connection system is provided, of the type wherein the front tips (30, 32, Fig. 2) of two optical fibers substantially abut one another, which precisely aligns the two fiber tips while keeping them pressed together, in a low cost plastic construction. Each connector of the mating pair includes an optical fiber assembly (24, 26) mounted in a housing, the assembly including a forward ferrule (40, 42) crimped to the front end portion of a fiber. One connector housing has an alignment sleeve (70) lying about the forward ferrule of that connector, the sleeve having slots forming tines (80-84) with free front ends extending forward of the corresponding ferrule (40). The other connector housing has a tine deflector (96) that deflects the free front ends of the tines against the front ends of the substantially abutting ferrules. One of the optical fiber assemblies includes a rear ferrule (50) fixed to the fiber at a location spaced rearward of the forward ferrule (44), with the rear ferrule held against rearward sliding movement while the front ferrule can slide rearwardly to cause the fiber portion (36A) between the ferrules to bend or bow to accommodate the reduced space between the ferrules.</p> |
