Small form factor fiber optic connector with multi-purpose boot
AssigneeSenko Advanced Components, Inc.
InventorsKazuyoshi Takano, Jimmy Jun-Fu Chang
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Abstract
An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating connection, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. A removable inner front body for polarity change is disclosed. A multi-purpose rotatable boot assembly for polarity change is disclosed. The multi-purpose boot assembly can be pushed and pulled to insert and remove the micro connector from an adapter receptacle.
Claims20
An optical fiber connector for terminating a cable comprising a jacket surrounding a plurality of optical fibers, the optical fiber connector comprising:
- at least one ferrule configured for terminating one or more optical fibers;
- a connector housing assembly including a front body and a back body holding the at least one ferrule such that the at least one ferrule extends forward along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber connector from the front body;
- and
- a boot assembly having a front end and a rear end spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, the boot assembly comprising a boot defining the rear end of the boot assembly and an alignment key defining the front end of the boot assembly, the boot assembly configured to couple to the connector housing assembly such that the boot extends rearward of the connector housing assembly for surrounding the jacket of the cable and the alignment key is disposed on one side of the connector housing assembly,
- wherein the optical fiber connector is configured to mate with an adapter having a keyway along a first wall of the adapter, the alignment key configured to be slidably received in the keyway as the optical fiber connector is mated with the adapter, and
- wherein the optical fiber connector is configured to latch with the adapter when mated with the adapter, the boot assembly configured to be displaced rearward in relation to the front body and the back body to actuate the optical fiber connector to unlatch from the adapter.
An optical fiber connector for terminating a cable comprising a jacket surrounding a plurality of optical fibers, the optical fiber connector comprising:
- at least one ferrule configured for terminating one or more optical fibers;
- a connector housing assembly including a front body and a back body holding the at least one ferrule such that the at least one ferrule extends forward along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber connector from the front body;
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- a boot assembly having a front end and a rear end spaced apart along the longitudinal axis, the boot assembly comprising a boot defining the rear end of the boot assembly and an alignment key defining the front end of the boot assembly, the boot assembly configured to couple to the connector housing assembly such that the boot extends rearward of the connector housing assembly for surrounding the jacket of the cable and the alignment key is disposed on one side of the connector housing assembly,
- wherein the optical fiber connector is configured to mate with an adapter having a keyway along a first wall of the adapter, the alignment key configured to be slidably received in the keyway as the optical fiber connector is mated with the adapter, and
- wherein the optical fiber connector is configured to latch with the adapter when mated with the adapter, the boot assembly configured to be displaced rearward in relation to the front body and the back body to actuate the optical fiber connector to unlatch from the adapter;
- wherein the boot assembly further comprises first and second boot hooks configured to releasably couple the boot assembly to the connector housing assembly;
- wherein the first boot hook and the alignment key are radially spaced apart from the longitudinal axis in a first direction and the second boot hook is radially spaced apart from the longitudinal axis in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.