US 11,953,739 B2
Alignment structure for a fiber optic ferrule and mechanical-optical interface
Daniel D. Kurtz, Huntersville, NC (US); Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US); and Brent D. Henley, Newton, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/046,956
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/026938
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/200066, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,894, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0149127 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/423 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3839 (2013.01); G02B 6/3853 (2013.01); G02B 6/3881 (2013.01); G02B 6/4292 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic ferrule comprising:
a main body having a plurality of optical fiber receiving members therein, each of the plurality of optical fiber receiving members configured to receive an optical fiber therein;
a surface on the main body in optical alignment with the plurality of optical fiber receiving members; and
an alignment structure extending from the surface outward away from the main body, the alignment structure having a first portion extending between two second portions along the surface, the second portions being on opposite sides of the first portion, wherein the second portions are generally round and the first portion is generally rectangular.