Integrated boot for a protected cable connector assembly
OwnerChris Taylor, Sam Leemaninventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure talks about an integrated boot for use with a connector. The connector is connected to an inner optical fibre cable. The integrated boot includes a boot part and an elf part. The elf part is integral to the boot part. The boot part holds the connector with the inner optical fibre cable. The boot part connects a first end of the inner optical fibre cable to the connector. The elf part is capable of engaging with a transport tube when the elf part is pushed into the transport tube. The inner optical fibre cable passes through the transport tube.
Claims12
An integrated boot for use with a connector, wherein the connector is connected to an inner optical fibre cable, the integrated boot comprising:
- a boot part, the boot part holds the connector with the inner optical fibre cable, wherein the boot part connects a first end of the inner optical fibre cable to the connector;
- and
- an elf part integral to the boot part, wherein the elf part is capable of engaging with a transport tube when the elf part is pushed into the transport tube, wherein the inner optical fibre cable passes through the transport tube.
A collet tab for locking a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body, wherein the first cylindrical body has a first cylindrical cavity, wherein the first cylindrical body is defined by a first housing-end and a first cable-end, wherein the collet tab sits in the first cylindrical cavity, wherein the second cylindrical body has a second cylindrical cavity, wherein the second cylindrical body has a second housing-end and a second cable-end, the collet tab comprising:
- a cover arc structure, wherein the cover arc structure is defined by a first inner diameter;
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- a locking arc structure integral to the cover arc structure, wherein the locking arc structure is defined by a second inner diameter, wherein the first inner diameter of the cover arc structure is greater than the second inner diameter of the locking arc structure, wherein the locking arc structure protrudes out of the first cylindrical cavity of the first cylindrical body, wherein the locking arc structure has a first tapered surface such that when the collet tab sits into the first cylindrical cavity of the first cylindrical body, the first tapered surface forms an acute angle from a central axis measured from the first cable-end, wherein the second housing-end of the second cylindrical body is defined by a second tapered surface, wherein the second tapered surface is capable of pushing the first tapered surface causing the locking arc structure to allow the first cylindrical body to pass till the locking arc structure fits into the second cylindrical cavity of the second cylindrical body when the second cylindrical body is pushed inside the first cylindrical body.
A method of engaging a pre-terminated connector to a housing, wherein the housing is engaged to a second cylindrical body, the method comprising:
- assembling the pre-terminated connector on an inner optical fibre cable;
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- pushing the pre-terminated connector into the second cylindrical body thereby engaging the pre-terminated connector into the second cylindrical body engaged with the housing using a collet tab that displaces sideways when the pre-terminated connector is pushed into the second cylindrical body till the collet tab locks into a second cylindrical cavity of the pre-terminated connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.