US5675682A
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Plug arrangement comprising at least two optical plugs
Assignee: Diamond SA
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Filing: 1996-01-30
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Granted: 1997-10-07
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Expires: 2016-01-30
Abstract
Abstract The plug arrangement (1) has two individual plugs (2, 2') that can be extracted solely by actuating a single release lever (3). At the same time, this release lever connects combines the plugs to a duplex plug unit. To improve axis parallelity. a connecting element (6) is additionally snapped onto both the plugs.
Inventors
- 👤 Silverio De Marchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:34
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/36; G02B6/38; G02B6/3807; G02B6/3873; G02B6/3874; G02B6/3878; G02B6/3879; H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/62; H01R13/627; H01R13/6275
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
Plug arrangement (1) comprising at least two optical plugs (2, 2') connected at a distance to each other by means of a connecting device to form a plug unit, each of said plugs comprising and engagement device for pull resistant engagement within a sleeve portion, said connecting device being a common release lever (3) extending across both plugs (2, 2') and attached to each plug to be able to move in order to release the engagement devices.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
Plug arrangement (1) comprising at least two optical plugs (2, 2') connected at a distance to each other by means of a connecting device to form a plug unit, each of said plugs comprising and engagement device for pull resistant engagement within a sleeve portion, said connecting device being a common release lever (3) extending across both plugs (2, 2') and attached to each plug to be able to move in order to release the engagement devices.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the release lever is a pivoting lever that is mounted on both plugs to be able to pivot about a common axis (4), said axis running at right angles to the plug axes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the pivoting lever is mounted on each plug, with in each case two linkage protrusions (5).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
Plug arrangement according to one of the claims 1, wherein, for stabilisation of axis parallelism, the connecting device possesses an additional connecting element (6).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the additional connecting element is a connecting clip that can be snapped onto accommodation sections (7) on both plugs (2, 2').
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the connecting clip possesses two U-shaped clip sections (8, 8'), and that a distance body (9) is arranged between said clip sections, said distance body lying between both plugs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the distance body (9) is formed as a hollow body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the common axis (4) lies on the same or almost the same plane as the clip sections (8, 8'), and that the connecting clip is snapped onto the side of the plugs (2, 2') lying opposite the release lever (3).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the distance body (9) extends towards the cable-side end portion of the plug.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
Plug arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the common axis (4) lies on the same or almost the same plane as the clip sections (8, 8'), and that the connecting clip is snapped onto the side of the plugs (2, 2') lying opposite the release lever (3).
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