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US 12,749,838 B2Granted
Port occupancy sensing at shuttered ports
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsGary Federico Gibbs, Ryan Edward Enge, Pedro Maldonado, Brian J. Fitzpatrick, Steven Walter Knoernschild
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Abstract
The presence of a plug connector with a port is detected through a detection circuit activated by a port shutter. Transitioning the port shutter between the closed (i.e., blocking the port) position and the open position actuates and deactuates the detection circuit.
Claims20
A port arrangement configured to align a first optical fiber terminated by a first plug connector with a second optical fiber, the port arrangement comprising:
- a port member defining a forward port and a rearward port, the rearward port being aligned with the forward port;
- a shutter disposed at the forward port of the port member, the shutter being movable between open and closed positions;
- a biasing member biasing the shutter to the closed position;
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- a circuit board including a presence detection circuit, wherein the biasing member completes the presence detection circuit when disposed in one of the open and closed positions and wherein the biasing member breaks the presence detection circuit when disposed in the other of the open and closed positions.
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A method for detecting a presence of a plug connector at a port, the method comprising:
- inserting a plug connector into the port of a body;
- deflecting a shutter at the port from a closed position covering the port towards an open position by pushing the shutter with the plug connector, wherein deflecting the shutter towards the open position includes moving a free end of the shutter towards a circuit board coupled to the body;
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- electrically connecting a spring contact to a landing pad on the circuit board through deflection of the spring contact by the shutter, thereby opening or closing a circuit that includes the landing pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.