Method for connecting optical fibers and optical fiber connector.

摘要

Method for connecting optical fibers comprising the steps of molding a first plug onto a first fiber end and a second plug onto a second fiber end, said plugs having three mutually intersecting flat surfaces, one of which is perpendicular to the other two, while a fiber end is positioned against the corner in an orientation such that the end of the fiber butts against said one corner surface and the side surface of the fiber tangentially touches said other two corner surfaces and aligning two such plugs (44, 46), each carrying a fiber end, with each other in an alignment frame (76) having two flat alignment surfaces (22, 24) which are oriented with respect to each other at the same orientation as the two corner surfaces which tangentially touch the fiber side surface. Since these orientations are th the same, the plugs fit precisely into the groove formed by the two flat alignment surfaces of the frame and can be moved toward each other until they touch. In this position the fiber ends carried by the castings are butt aligned.