US 2024/0192460 A1 · FIELD INSTALLABLE HARDENED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SEALING AND TOOLLESS INSTALLATION

Abstract

A seal assembly for a field installable hardened fiber optic connector that may be configured to provide improved sealing and strain relief with a fiber optic cable includes: a pusher portion configured to transfer movement of a tightening portion; and a sealing portion configured to receive the transferred movement of the pusher portion. An engagement of the pusher portion with a shroud portion may limit rotation of the pusher portion relative to the shroud portion. The sealing portion may be configured to compress to form a seal around the fiber optic cable. Tightening of a tightening portion may compress the sealing portion onto a fiber optic cable to form a seal around the fiber optic cable and resist axial movement of the fiber optic cable relative to the sealing portion so as to provide enhanced weathertight sealing and strain relief between a shroud and the fiber optic cable.

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Dependent claims

A seal assembly for a field installable hardened fiber optic connector structurally configured to provide improved sealing and strain relief with a fiber optic cable comprising:

a shroud structurally configured to receive a terminated end of a fiber optic cable;
a nut structurally configured to be coupled with an end of the shroud;
a pusher structurally configured to be received by the nut and the shroud;
a sealing portion structurally configured to be received by the pusher and the shroud;
wherein the nut is structurally configured to include an engaging portion that is structurally configured to engage the pusher such that the pusher is coupled to the nut;
wherein the pusher is structurally configured to engage the shroud;
wherein the engagement of the pusher with the shroud limits rotation of the pusher relative to the shroud;
wherein the nut comprises a single piece monolithic construction that includes the engagement portion;
wherein the nut is structurally configured to threadedly engage the shroud such that tightening of the nut compresses the sealing portion onto a fiber optic cable received in the shroud to form a seal around the fiber optic cable and resist axial movement of the fiber optic cable relative to the sealing portion so as to provide enhanced weathertight sealing and strain relief between the shroud and the fiber optic cable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Field installable hardened fiber optic connector with improved sealing and toolless installation

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Field installable hardened fiber optic connector with improved sealing and toolless installation

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