US 12,117,660 B2
Fiber optic connector
David Ortiz Rojo, Madrid (ES); Plinio Jesus Pinzon Castillo, Madrid (ES); Ruben Perez-Aranda, Madrid (ES); Carlos Pardo Vidal, Madrid (ES); and Markus Dittmann, Madrid (DE)
Assigned to KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT FOR POF, S.L., Madrid (ES)
Appl. No. 17/757,691
Filed by KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT FOR POF, S.L., Madrid (ES)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084979
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122127, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19383168 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023827 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4238 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); G02B 6/4232 (2013.01); G02B 6/426 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A casing for housing a fiber optic transceiver for use in a fiber optic connector, the casing comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral surfaces, wherein the top surface and all lateral surfaces are at least in parts electrically conductive, and wherein the bottom surface of the casing comprises one or more solder pads with flat and planar contact surfaces arranged substantially in the center of the bottom surface of the casing, and wherein the top surface comprises at least one optical transparent opening configured for accommodating at least a part of at least one optical path for transmitting and/or receiving optical signals.