Adapter with cap for fiber optic connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorHung Viet Ngo
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Abstract
An adapter for connecting opposing fiber optic connectors includes a housing having a through aperture about which a post is formed. An alignment sleeve is disposed in and retained by the post. A plastic cap is disposed over an end of the post. The plastic cap may include a lip for retaining the alignment sleeve, a conical or other oblique surface for self-aligning on a like surface of the post, and a latch that clips the cap into recesses in the housing. The post may include a recess for receiving the latch members.
Claims35
An adapter for receiving and connecting together a pair of fiber optic connectors, said adapter comprising:
- a unitary metallic housing including a post integrally formed therein, said post being unitary so as to facilitate alignment;
- an alignment sleeve disposed in the post;
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- a pair of opposing plastic caps disposed over the post ends.
An adapter for receiving and connecting a pair of fiber optic connectors, said adapter comprising:
- a housing including an elongate structure for receiving an alignment sleeve, said elongate structure having a pair of opposing ends;
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- a pair of opposing plastic caps disposed over the ends of said structure such that contamination caused by insertion of the connectors is diminished.
An adapter for receiving and connecting together a pair of fiber optic connectors, said adapter comprising:
- a housing including a post disposed therein, the post having at least one slot formed therein;
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- a cap disposed over an end of the post, each one the caps including at least one arm disposed in said at least one slot, whereby the cap is at least partially retained by slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.