Expanded beam optical connector and method of making the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9696502
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14948675

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An expanded beam (EB) optical connector. In some embodiments, the EB optical connector includes: a rigid, hollow, straight contact tube having a centerline axis; and a collimator assembly having an optical axis and comprising an optical fiber and a collimating lens, wherein the centerline axis of the contact tube is at least substantially aligned with the optical axis such that collimated light produced by the lens from light exiting the fiber travels though the contact tube and the loss of light caused by misalignment of the axes is not more than 2 dB.

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WINCHESTER INTERCONNECT CORPORATION68 WATER STREET NORWALK CT 06854

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Farnan, Jerome C Franklin, US 5 27

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