Claims
- 1. A spring clip for firmly holding together optical units having connection sides provided with guide pins and optical coupling surfaces, wherein said clip includes a main part and hooked members that project out essentially perpendicularly from said main part, and wherein a first and a second hooked member of the spring clip are adapted to be snapped firmly over a first and a second side of a first optical unit, respectively, and a third hooked member of the spring clip is adapted to urge an optical connection side on a second optical unit against an optical connection side on the first optical unit.
- 2. A spring clip according to claim 1, wherein the first optical unit is a capsule.
- 3. A spring clip according to claim 1, wherein the second optical unit is an optical contact device.
- 4. A spring clip according to claim 1, wherein the spring clip is constructed to cover substantially the whole of said first optical unit.
- 5. A spring clip according to claim 4, wherein said clip includes a ground connection.
- 6. A spring clip as in claim 1, the first side of the first optical unit is opposite the second side of the first optical unit.
- 7. A spring clip as in claim 1, wherein the optical connection side on the first optical unit is the first or the second side of the first optical unit.
- 8. A spring clip for maintaining an optical connection having three hook-shaped tensioning members,wherein a first and a second hook-shaped tensioning member of the spring clip are adapted to grasp a first and a second opposed sides of a first optical unit, respectively, and wherein a third hook-shaped tensioning member of the spring clip is adapted to urge an optical connection with a second optical unit at the first or the second side of the first optical unit.
Priority Claims (1)
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Date |
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9900578 |
Feb 1999 |
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Parent Case Info
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §§119 and/or 365 to 9900578-7 filed in Sweden on Feb. 19, 1999; the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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