Fiber optic adapter
AssigneeSenko Advanced Components, Inc.
InventorYim WONG
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Abstract
A fiber optic adapter includes an adapter housing defining a connector port for mating with a fiber optic connector in either of two connector polarity orientations. A polarity cap is releasably securable to the adapter housing in either of two adapter polarity orientations, each of which only permits insertion of the connector in one respective connector polarity orientation. The changing polarity of the adapter is facilitated by removing the polarity cap from the adapter housing, inverting the polarity cap, and reinstalling the inverted polarity cap.
Claims17
A fiber optic adapter comprising:
- an adapter housing having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, the adapter housing defining at least one connector port opening through the first end portion of the adapter housing for mating with a fiber optic connector in either of a first connector polarity orientation or a second connector polarity orientation;
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- a polarity cap releasably securable to the first end portion of the adapter housing in either of a first adapter polarity orientation or a second adapter polarity orientation, wherein when the polarity cap is secured to the first end portion of the adapter housing in the first adapter polarity orientation, the polarity cap permits the fiber optic connector to mate with the connector port in the first connector polarity orientation but blocks the fiber optic connector from mating with the connector port in the second connector polarity orientation, and wherein when the polarity cap is secured to the first end portion of the adapter housing in the second adapter polarity orientation, the polarity cap permits the fiber optic connector to mate with the connector port in the second connector polarity orientation but blocks the fiber optic connector from mating with the connector port in the first connector polarity orientation.
A method of changing polarity of a fiber optic adapter, the method comprising:
- removing a polarity cap from a first end portion of an adapter housing;
- inverting the polarity cap to an inverted orientation in relation to the adapter housing;
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- installing the polarity cap on the first end portion of the adapter housing in the inverted orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.