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US 2023/0057715 A1Published application
Fiber optic connector with rotatable boot
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorDanny Willy August Verheyden
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector including a connector body and a cable, the cable including optical fibers and a non-circular jacket. The fiber optic connector additionally including a resilient jacket, the resilient jacket is rotatable relative to the non-circular jacket. The resilient jacket is enabled to rotate by an insert which includes an outer profile which engages with an inner profile of the resilient jacket. The insert includes an inner profile which prevents relative rotation between the insert and the non-circular jacket.
Claims15
A fiber optic connector, the fiber optic connector comprising:
- a connector body extending between a first and a second end along a connector axis;
- a resilient boot including a first and a second end, the resilient boot being rotatable relative to the connector body and about the connector axis;
- a cable including a non-circular jacket and at least one optical fiber, the cable extending through the resilient boot, the optical fibers extending through the second end of the connector body and being accessible at first end of connector body;
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- an insert having a cross-sectional profile including an inner opening surrounding the non-circular jacket and an outer profile engaged with an inner profile of the resilient boot, the outer profile configured to allow rotation of the resilient boot relative to the connector body and the inner opening configured to prevent relative rotation between the insert and the non-circular jacket.
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