Narrow width adapters and connectors with pull tab release
AssigneeSenko Advanced Components, Inc.
InventorsKazuyoshi Takano, Jeffrey Gniadek
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Abstract
Narrow width fiber optic connectors having spring loaded remote release mechanisms to facilitate access and usage of the connectors in high density arrays. A narrow width fiber optic connector comprises a multi-fiber connector, wherein a width of said narrow width fiber optic connector is less than about 5.25 mm, a housing configured to hold the multi-fiber connector and further comprising a connector recess, and a pull tab having a ramp area configured to disengage a latch of one of an adapter and an SFP from said connector recess. The pull tab may include a spring configured to allow the latch of one of the adapter and the SFP to engage with the connector recess.
Claims11
A narrow width fiber optic connector for releasable connection to a latch of one of an adapter or an SFP, the narrow width fiber optic connector comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
- a housing configured to hold the plurality of optical fibers and further comprising a connector recess;
- a pull tab having a ramp area configured to disengage the latch of one of the adapter or the SFP from said connector recess, the pull tab being mounted on the housing for movement between a displaced position and an undisplaced position;
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- a spring biasing the pull tab toward the undisplaced position.
A narrow pitch fiber optic connector for releasable connection to a latch of one of an adapter or an SFP, the narrow pitch fiber optic connector comprising:
- a plurality of LC optical ferrules arranged such that a pitch of said narrow pitch connector is less than about 5.25 mm;
- a housing configured to hold the plurality of LC optical ferrules and further comprising a connector recess;
- a pull tab having a ramp area configured to disengage the latch of one of the adapter and the SFP from said connector recess, wherein the pull tab is mounted on the housing for movement between a displaced position and an undisplaced position;
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- a spring biasing the pull tab toward the undisplaced position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.