Fiber connector and adapter
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorLiang-Ju Lu
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Abstract
Fiberoptic connector and adapter assembly includes a fiberoptic connector received within an adapter. The connector has a cover on the connector housing. The cover pivots between open and closed positions to expose or cover, respectively, a optical fiber contained within the connector. Longitudinal guides of the connector are received cooperating with longitudinal guides of the adapter to direct the connector into the adapter in a prescribed alignment. A cam pin is carried on the adapter to engage a cam pin receiving slot on the cover to urge the cover to the open position as the connector is inserted into the adapter.
Claims7
A method of assembling a fiber optic connector, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a one-piece housing defining an interior chamber and an interior cavity;
- b) providing an optical cable assembly including a mandrel, a hub, a ferrule, and an optical cable having an optical fiber, the optical cable extending through the mandrel and the hub, the optical fiber of the optical cable extending through the ferrule, the ferrule being contained by the hub;
- c) inserting the optical cable assembly into the housing, including:
- i) locating portions of the ferrule within each of the interior chamber and the interior cavity of the housing;
- ii) positioning a spring within the interior cavity of the housing to bias the hub of the optical cable assembly toward the interior chamber of the housing;
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- iii) inserting a portion of the mandrel into the interior cavity of the housing and biasing the spring such that a terminal end of the optical fiber extends through an opening in a leading end of the one-piece housing;
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- d) securing the optical cable assembly in relation to the one-piece housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.