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US 11,960,126 B2Granted
Fiber optic connector locking feature
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsJacob Arie Elenbaas, Christopher Charles Taylor, David Patrick Murray, Jan Willem Rietveld
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Abstract
A connector assembly that includes a connector that has a ferrule and a latch. The latch is movable about a connection point. The connector assembly also includes a boot that is removably mounted to the connector. The boot is axially slidable to move the latch. The connector assembly also includes a locking assembly to selectively lock the boot from sliding axially relative to the connector.
Claims14
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a connector portion including a latch;
- a ferrule supported by the connector portion;
- a holder holding the connector portion, the holder including a boot receiver;
- and
- a boot, the boot being configured to rotate relative to the boot receiver between a locked position in which the boot is locked to the boot receiver and an unlocked position in which the boot is not locked to the boot receiver,
- wherein in the locked position, the boot is configured to move the latch by pulling on the boot;
- and
- wherein in the unlocked position, the boot is not configured to move the latch by pulling on the boot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.