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US 9,316,791 B2Granted
Secure SC optical fiber connector and removal tools
AssigneeOptical Fiber Packaging, Ltd.
InventorsRichard Colin Edward Durrant, Darren James Michael Adams
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Abstract
An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.
Claims20
An optical fiber connector plug, comprising:
- a body having a front, a rear, and side walls between the front and the rear having an outer surface, the body extending in a longitudinal direction between the front and the rear, and the body configured to be inserted into a socket in the longitudinal direction;
- a planar back plate connected to the rear of the body and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and beyond the outer surface of the side walls, said planar back plate including a plurality of apertures for receiving prongs of a removal tool;
- a groove in one of the side walls adjacent to each aperture for receiving a prong of a removal tool through an aperture and guiding the direction of the prong via the groove;
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- wherein one of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate has a different configuration than another of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate to form a keyed configuration, thereby requiring a removal tool having prongs matching the keyed configuration to pass through all the apertures in the planar back plate.
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A connector plug, comprising:
- a body having a front and a rear, and side walls between the front and the rear having an outer surface, the body extending in a longitudinal direction between the front and the rear, and the body configured to be inserted into a socket in the longitudinal direction;
- a planar back plate connected to the rear of the body and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, said planar back plate including a plurality of apertures for receiving prongs of a removal tool;
- a channel in one of the side walls adjacent to each aperture for receiving a prong of a removal tool through an aperture and guiding the direction of the prong via the channel;
- and
- wherein one of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate has a different configuration than another of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate to form a keyed configuration, thereby requiring a removal tool having prongs matching the keyed configuration to pass through all the apertures in the planar back plate.
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A connector plug, comprising:
- a housing having a front, a rear, and side walls between the front and the rear having an outer surface, the housing extending in a longitudinal direction between the front and the rear, and the housing configured to be inserted into a socket in the longitudinal direction;
- a planar back plate connected to the rear of the housing and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and beyond the outer surface of the side walls, said planar back plate including a plurality of apertures for receiving prongs of a removal tool;
- a channel in one of the side walls adjacent to each aperture for receiving a prong of a removal tool through an aperture and guiding the direction of the prong via the channel;
- and
- wherein one of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate has a different configuration than another of the plurality of apertures in the planar back plate to form a keyed configuration, thereby requiring a removal tool having prongs matching the keyed configuration to pass though all the apertures in the planar back plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.