A connector for optical fibers. A coupler is designed to affix an optical component. A cable mounting structure is designed to retain an optical cable, and to retain a terminating ferrule in an optical alignment with the optical component. A distance between a front face of the termination ferrule and...http://www.google.de/patents/US6250818?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6250818 - Connector for optical fibers