Optical fiber connectors and methods of connecting optical fibers
AssigneeAfl Ig LLC
InventorsSoma Shekar Gandla, Asher Leong Raven
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Abstract
A connector for optically connecting an optical fiber to an optical fiber port at a leading edge of the connector, the connector comprising: a housing configured to receive the optical fiber; a latch coupled to the housing and extending from the housing toward the leading edge of the connector; and a handle coupled to the latch, the handle operable to move the latch between locked and unlocked positions with respect to the optical fiber port, wherein moving the handle away from the leading edge of the connector unlocks the latch from the optical fiber port.
Claims20
A connector for optically connecting an optical fiber to an optical fiber port, the connector comprising:
- a housing configured to receive the optical fiber;
- a latch coupled to the housing and extending from the housing, wherein the latch is moveable between locked and unlocked positions with respect to the optical fiber port;
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- a handle coupled to the latch, wherein displacing the handle to pull the latch from the locked position to the unlocked position causes a middle portion of the latch to curve away from the housing.
A connector for an optical fiber, the connector comprising:
- a latch extending from a housing of the connector in a direction toward a leading edge of the connector, the latch configured to selectively couple the connector to an optical fiber port;
- a handle coupled to the latch, wherein displacing the handle to pull the latch from the locked position to the unlocked position causes a middle portion of the latch to curve away from the housing, and
- wherein the connector is changeable between a standard orientation with a standard polarity and an inverted orientation with a reverse polarity.
A method of inverting polarity of a connector coupled to an optical fiber port, the method comprising:
- pulling a handle to move a latch coupled to a housing of the connector, wherein the latch extends toward a leading edge of the connector, and wherein pulling the handle causes the latch to curve away from the housing of the connector such that a middle portion of the latch is furthest from the housing;
- removing the connector from the optical fiber port;
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- inverting the connector between a standard orientation with a standard polarity and an inverted orientation with a reverse polarity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.