Interlocking fiber optic connector holder
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsErik David Bishop, Harry L. Vaswani
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to individual parking units or connector holders that have an interlock interface on each side thereof that tallow the connector holders to be directly connected together in a ganged relationship. The connector holders can include a detachable connection at a front end thereof to removable mount over a post to form a frictional engagement therewith. The post can be configured to attach to another structure with the connector holders.
Claims25
A connector holder, comprising:
- a housing including a plurality of walls that together define a receptacle for receiving a fiber optic connector;
- and
- an interlock arrangement integrated with the housing;
- wherein the interlock arrangement is configured for directly coupling together a plurality of housings in a side-by-side arrangement.
A connector holder comprising:
- first and second side walls that together define a receptacle for receiving a fiber optic connector, the receptacle having a closed end and an opposite, open end;
- and
- a coupler positioned at the closed end of the receptacle, the coupler being configured to mate with a coupling feature of another structure.
A method of assembling a fiber optic connector on a tray, the method comprising:
- inserting a fiber optic connector into a connector holder;
- and
- staging the fiber optic connector on the tray by attaching the connector holder to a post.
A method of forming a chain of connector holders comprising:
- mating a male feature of a connector holder directly with a female feature of another adjacent connector holder such that a plurality of connector holders are coupled together in a side-by-side relationship;
- and
- mounting the plurality of connector holders on a structure.
A method of assembling a fiber optic connector on a tray, the method comprising:
- pre-mounting connector holders respectively on a post of the tray to define connector staging locations;
- and
- loading fiber optic connectors into the connector holders, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.