Connecting plug for detachably connecting two light wave guide cables

Claim 1

A plug connector consisting of two plug parts for detachably connecting two light wave guide cables containing optical fibers, in which the plug parts, and hence the optical fiber ends carried in the latter, are aligned relative to one another by means of a sleeve, characterized in that each plug part (13, 13') has three planar seats which are mutually perpendicularly to each other and comprising a first front planar face (11), orientated perpendicularly to the axis of the plug connector, a second lateral planar guide surface (8), lying in a plane parallel to the axis of the plug connector, and a third planar guide surface (10), lying in a plane parallel to the axis of the plug connector and serving as supported surface (3) for the optical fiber ends, said plug connector having a center sleeve (14), for interconnecting the plug parts (13, 13') with the ends of light wave guides aligned and each plug part (13, 13') has a pin shaped extension (6, 6'), projecting radially toward the exterior and a tapered compression surface which is inclined relative to the axis of the plug connector such that application of a force parallel to the plug axis on this compression surface of the extension (6, 6'), for example, by means of nuts (12) threaded to the sleeve (14) which produce force vectors having components acting parallel to the axis and two vectors acting perpendicularly to the axis, whereby the front faces (11) of the plug parts (13, 13') will be pressed against one another and the second and third seats (8, 10) of the plug parts (13, 13') will be pressed against the corresponding seats (8, 10) of the center sleeve (14).