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US 5,394,497 AGranted
Captivated fiber optic connector
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsDavid D. Erdman, Kevin T. Monroe, Bryan T. Edwards, Joseph L. McKee
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector plug body (1) receives a ferrule (2) therewithin. The plug body (1) receives an internal body (5) in a snap fit to retain the ferrule (2) within the plug body (1). Two inwardly biased latch members (14) on the plug body (1) are received within a circumferential groove on the internal body. The resulting assembly is resistant to disassembly upon application of tensile and lateral forces to the internal body.
Claims6
A preassembled fiber optic connector comprising:
- (a) a hollow plug body (1) having at least two inwardly biased latch members (14), a mating end (11), and a nonmating end (10),
- (b) a fiber alignment ferrule (2) within said plug body,
- (c) an axial biasing element (4) within said plug body urging said ferrule toward said mating end, and
- (d) an internal body (5) rearward of said axial biasing element and said ferrule, said internal body captivating said ferrule and said axial biasing element within said plug body, said internal body having a recess (51) bounded by walls (52), wherein said recess receives said latch members and said walls of said recess interfere with said latch members to retain said internal body within said plug body.
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A terminated fiber optic connector comprising:
- (a) a hollow plug body having at least two inwardly biased latch members, a mating end, and a nonmating end,
- (b) a fiber alignment ferrule within said plug body, said ferrule having a central fiber passage therethrough,
- (c) an optical fiber retained within said fiber passage
- (d) an axial biasing element within said plug body urging said ferrule toward said mating end, and
- (e) an internal body rearward of said axial biasing element and said ferrule, said internal body providing a reaction face for said axial biasing element as it urges said ferrule toward said mating end, said internal body having a recess bounded by walls that receives said latch members wherein said walls of said recess interfere with said latch members to retain said internal body within said plug body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.