	US 7,556,436 B2
	Optical connector system
Hendrikus Petrus Gijsbertus Van Der Steen, Den Dungen (Netherlands)
Assigned to FCI, Versailles (France)
Appl. No. 10/588,014 PCT Filed Feb. 02, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/050449 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 19, 2008, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/076048, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 1025381 (NL), filed on Feb. 02, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0253721 A1, Oct. 16, 2008
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 385—60 [385/53; 385/56; 385/59; 385/78; 385/139]

14 Claims

1. Optical connector system comprising:

at least one substrate housing assembly attachable to a substrate; and

at least one backpanel housing assembly for establishing an optical interface with the at least one substrate housing assembly;

wherein the substrate housing assembly comprises an outer housing, a further housing slidably mounted in a z-direction with respect to the outer housing, and a biasing arrangement carried by one of the outer housing and the further housing cooperating with a biasing arrangement load means arranged on the other of the further housing and the outer housing to create an application force to form the optical interface;

wherein the connector system is configured such that further movement of the outer housing in the z-direction toward the backpanel housing assembly in respect to the further housing is capable to disengage the biasing arrangement from the biasing arrangement load means.