Shroud for optical connectors
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorsKim Leeson, Shaun Trezise
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Abstract
A shroud includes a first end portion configured to slidably receive a bulkhead adapter and a second end portion configured to slidably receive an optical fiber connector. The first end portion includes an inner surface having ribs configured to engage the bulkhead adapter in an interference fit relationship, the second end portion includes an inner surface having ribs configured to engage the optical fiber connector in an interference fit relationship, and the shroud permits the optical fiber connector to be coupled directly with the bulkhead adapter in a push/pull engagement/disengagement relationship.
Claims17
A coupler configured to connect a fiber optic connector with a fiber optic adapter so as to reduce insertion loss when a load is applied to the fiber optic connector, comprising:
- a body portion having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion;
- wherein the first end portion is configured to slidingly receive a fiber optic adapter and engage an outer surface of the fiber optic adapter in an interference fit relationship;
- wherein the second end portion is configured to slidingly receive a fiber optic connector;
- wherein the second end portion includes an inward facing surface configured to engage an outward facing surface of the fiber optic connector in an interference fit relationship;
- wherein the second end portion is configured to include an inner shoulder portion configured to limit a depth of insertion of the fiber optic adapter into the first end portion of the body portion;
- wherein an inward facing surface of a wall of the second end portion of the body portion is configured to include an engagement portion receiving portion therein that extends a length of the second end portion;
- wherein the engagement portion receiving portion being configured to receive and permit passage of an engagement portion extending from an outer surface of a top wall of the fiber optic connector;
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- wherein the body portion is configured to permit the fiber optic connector to be coupled directly with the fiber optic adapter so as to provide a connection between the fiber optic connector and the fiber optic adapter that is configured to reduce insertion loss when a load is applied to an end of the fiber optic connector that is spaced from the body member.
A coupler configured to connect a fiber optic connector with a fiber optic adapter so as to reduce insertion loss when a load is applied to the fiber optic connector, comprising:
- a body portion having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- wherein the first end portion is configured to receive a fiber optic adapter and engage an outer surface of the fiber optic adapter in an interference fit relationship;
- wherein the second end portion is configured to receive a fiber optic connector;
- wherein the second end portion includes an inward facing surface configured to engage an outward facing surface of the fiber optic connector in an interference fit relationship;
- wherein the second end portion is configured to include an inner shoulder portion configured to limit a depth of insertion of the fiber optic adapter into the first end portion of the body portion;
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- wherein the body portion is configured to permit the fiber optic connector to be coupled directly with the fiber optic adapter so as to provide a connection between the fiber optic connector and the fiber optic adapter that is configured to reduce insertion loss when a load is applied to an end of the fiber optic connector that is spaced from the body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.