Shuttered fiber optic adaptors
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorsSoma Shekar Gandla, Asher Leong Raven
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Abstract
Adapters and methods and systems utilizing adapters are provided. An adapter includes a housing defining a pair of ports configured to optically couple together a first connector and a second connector, wherein the housing includes a first housing portion; and a second housing portion removably coupled to the first housing portion; a shutter coupled to the housing, wherein the shutter is movable between a closed position in which the first port is blocked and an open position in which the first port is accessible; and a biasing element biasing the shutter to the closed position, wherein a portion of at least one of the shutter and the biasing element is retained between the first and second housing portions.
Claims20
An adapter comprising:
- a housing defining a pair of ports configured to optically couple together a first connector and a second connector, wherein the housing comprises:
- a first housing portion;
- and
- a second housing portion removably coupled to the first housing portion;
- a shutter coupled to the housing, wherein the shutter is movable between a closed position in which the first port is blocked and an open position in which the first port is accessible;
- and
- a biasing element biasing the shutter to the closed position,
- wherein a portion of at least one of the shutter and the biasing element is retained between the first and second housing portions.
An optical system comprising:
- a frame having a first side and a second side, the frame defining a receiving slot extending between the first side and the second side;
- and
- an adapter comprising:
- a housing defining a pair of ports including a first port and a second port;
- a shutter coupled to the housing, wherein the shutter is movable between a closed position in which the first port is blocked and an open position in which the first port is accessible;
- and
- a biasing element biasing the shutter to the closed position,
- wherein the adapter is installable into the receiving slot from the first side of the frame in a first orientation with the first port facing toward the frame during installation or a second orientation with the first port facing away from the frame during installation, and
- wherein the adapter is selectively securable in the receiving slot in both the first and second orientations.
A method of coupling an adapter to a frame defining a receiving slot, the method comprising:
- aligning the adapter including a shutter with the receiving slot in a first orientation or a second orientation opposite the first orientation;
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- translating the adapter into the receiving slot until the adapter passes a locking position after which removal of the adapter from the receiving cutout requires an unlocking procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.