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| 20080205822 | ORTHOGONAL HEADER - An electrically-conductive contact for an electrical connector is disclosed. Such a contact may include a lead portion, an offset portion extending from an end of the lead portion, and a mounting portion that may extend from a distal end of the offset portion. The lead portion and the distal end of the offset portion may each define an imaginary plane that may intersect at a non-zero, acute angle. An electrical connector that is suitable for orthogonal connector applications may include a connector housing securing two such electrical contacts. The distance between the respective mounting portions of the two such contacts may be defined independently of the contact pitch. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080226233 | Optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector and an optical connector using such optical coupling component - An optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector is provided which comprises a pair of columnar sending side and receiving side optical functional sections and a joint section integrally molded with the optical functional sections and made from the same material as the material of the optically functional sections and having joint regions adjoining the side walls of the optical functional sections, the joint regions of the joint section having a circumferential length along the side walls of the optically functional sections which is equal to or less than a half circumference of the optically functional sections. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080232741 | CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE FOR USE WITH OPTICAL ELEMENTS - A connector receptacle comprises a housing having a forward mating end and a rear end, with an internal surface provided within the housing facing toward the rear end. The internal surface comprises at least a one alignment structure to engage and thereby maintain one or more optical elements in horizontal and vertical alignment. A clip having at least one retention mechanism engages complementary features on the housing to thereby retain the clip in fixed alignment with the housing. The clip also comprises at least one resilient member to bias the at least one optical element into mating engagement with the one or more alignment structures. Where the housing and clip are fabricated from electrically conductive materials, the clip may comprise one or more corresponding continuity pins to be received in continuity slots of the housing. Features of the clip to accommodate either surface mounting or through-hole mounting configurations are provided. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232742 | Ferrule holder and associated fiber optic connector having anti-withdrawal and anti-rotation features - The present invention relates generally to ferrule holders and associated fiber optic connectors used in optical communications networks, optical devices, and the like to optically couple optical fibers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a ferrule holder and an associated fiber optic connector having improved anti-withdrawal and anti-rotation features, such as a twin-threaded configuration, a single-threaded configuration, a splined configuration, a broached configuration, a counter-bored configuration, a dented configuration, a finned configuration, etc. These anti-withdrawal and anti-rotation features assist in holding an optical fiber in secure optical and/or physical contact with a ferrule within the ferrule holder and associated fiber optic connector. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080317411 | APC ADAPTER - Optical signals are transmitted via fiber optic cables. The cable ends have connectors that connect to fiber-optic adapters. The interface between a connector and its adapter typically creates unwanted signal reflections. These unwanted signal reflections are mitigated by including an eight degree angle-offset of one face of an optical fiber within the adapter itself, the other face of the optical fiber having no angle offset, and the adapter being contained within a rigid housing. The angle offset of the fiber optic face in the adapter is mated with a complementary angle offset of the optical fiber in the cable connector. Embodiments of the present invention avoid cable management issues presented by previous adapters that included flexible cable between its input and output the previous adapters being designed primarily as jumpers and not suitable for use in tight, crowded spaces. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080317412 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - An optical waveguide device, including: a substrate including an optical waveguide and a connecting section formed on at least one end of the optical waveguide; an optical fiber placed in the connecting section and optically connected to the optical waveguide; and a fixing member to nip the optical fiber between the connecting section and the fixing member; wherein on the substrate, a groove is formed between the optical waveguide and the connecting section; and the fixing member is provided across the groove | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090290838 | MPO TYPE OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER - An MPO type optical fiber adapter according to the present invention is provided. The main body of the MPO type adapter is unitary thereby avoiding the prior art problem that the stresses cause the two halves of the adapter to separate from each other after time. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290839 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND ADAPTER - An optical fiber connector and adapter according to the present invention are provided. At least one indentation is formed on the connector and a protrusion mating with the indentation is formed within the adapter thereby physically limiting the insertion of a connector into a particular adapter. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100014811 | Connecting part for an optical connection and method for connecting two optical fibers - A connecting part ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100178006 | OPTICAL PATH CHANGER COMPONENT, OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical connector is comprised of a main body and a wall formed in the main body and having a wall face which has guiding slots curving at an angle of about 90 degrees or one or more optical fiber holes. Optical fibers inserted into the main body along the lateral direction are made curved by the guiding slots or the optical fiber holes toward photoelectric devices disposed on an upper or lower face thereof. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178007 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - An optical adapter that is arranged to connect two or more optical devices that have different connector layouts, the optical adapter comprising a material through which a plurality of waveguides is formed, the waveguides defining a first connector configuration at one end or face of the material and a second connector configuration at another, or same end or face of the material. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100183263 | OPTICAL FIBER MECHANICAL WEDGE SPLICE - A wedge-type mechanical optical fiber splice is provided in the present invention. The splice comprises a housing, a V-grooved block, a pushing block, and a first wedge. The housing is a hollow block, and has two openings for guiding optical fiber at two opposite sides. The V-grooved block, so called a first block, is a long strip block having a V-shaped groove on its surface. The pushing block, so called a second block, confronts to the V-grooved block. The first wedge is a wedged-type block. The second block is moved toward the first block or the first block is moved toward the second block by pushing down the first wedge, so that two optical fibers are aligned and secured in the V groove. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100239210 | Multipurpose Telecommunications Modules - A telecommunications module for mounting to a docking base having at least one bay adapted for receiving a module is disclosed. The module includes a housing having a front portion, a rear portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, and two side portions. The housing includes a rear wall located at the rear portion of the housing and a bottom wall substantially perpendicular to the rear wall located at the bottom portion of the housing. The housing is sized to fit in the bay of the docking base and adapted for having at least one telecommunications component coupled to the housing. The housing includes at least one wire management device, at least one port for allowing wire to pass through the housing, and at least one connector for removably coupling the module to the docking base. A telecommunications module kit, a modular telecommunications system and a telecommunications pedestal including a telecommunications module are disclosed. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100303416 | Laser-Shaped Optical Fibers Along with Optical Assemblies and Methods Therefor - Disclosed are optical assemblies such as field-installable connectors having a laser-shaped optical fiber along with methods for laser-shaping the optical fiber. The field-installable connector includes a ferrule having front and rear opposed faces and at least one fiber bore defined longitudinally therethrough, a stub optical fiber having a distal end with a laser-shaped end face is disposed within the at least one fiber bore of the ferrule and extends a predetermined distance beyond the rear face of the ferrule, and an alignment feature operable for aligning the stub optical fiber with the field optical fiber. One method of laser-shaping the optical fiber includes rotating the optical fiber and sweeping a beam of a laser across the optical fiber and then essentially stopping the rotation of the optical fiber and sweeping the beam through the optical fiber to cut the same with a tapered and angled end face. Other methods may include shifting the laser relative to the optical fiber to create a “pencil-tip” end on the optical fiber. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100322561 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND ADAPTER - An optical fiber connector and adapter according to the present invention are provided. At least one indentation is formed on the connector and a protrusion mating with the indentation is formed within the adapter thereby physically limiting the insertion of a connector into a particular adapter. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110075971 | Sealing enclosures for a connector on a cable, such as a standardized fiber-optic connector - The invention relates to a sealing enclosure and a sealing assembly comprising the sealing enclosure and a mating enclosure as well as a method to connect both. The sealing enclosure loosely receives a connector within a connector volume so that the connector, which may be of a standard type used in electronic or optic data transmission, may be displaced within a plug face at the forward end of the connector volume. Thus, the connector may compensate variations in the position of a mating connector with respect to the mating enclosure. Moreover, the sealing enclosure allows to seal off the connector volume and engage the sealing enclosure with a mating enclosure in a single motion. This is affected by having a cable seal interposed between an inner body and an outer body. If the outer body is moved forward to engage the mating connector, the cable seal is squeezed between the cable and the inner body sealing off the connector volume at the rearward end of the inner body. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110085762 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR WITH REFERENCE HOLE - An optical fiber connector includes a mating portion defining a coupled direction and including pairs of lenses and a pair of guiding portions. The pair of guiding portions each defines a guiding hole through a front face thereof in the coupled direction. Each guiding hole has a cross section of a polygon shape in the coupled direction and is configured with an imaginary circle perpendicular to the coupled direction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110103745 | REPEATABLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE INTERCONNECTION INCLUDING AN INDEX MATCHING ELASTOMERIC SOLID LAYER AND RELATED METHODS - A repeatable optical waveguide interconnection may include first and second optical waveguides having respective first and second end faces. Each of the first and second optical waveguides may include a core having a core index of refraction, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a cladding index of refraction different than the core index of refraction. The repeatable optical waveguide interconnection may further include a first index matching elastomeric solid layer having a proximal face chemically bound to the first end face and a low-tack distal face opposite the proximal face to be repeatably optically coupled to the second end face. Further, the first index matching elastomeric solid layer may have an index of refraction matching at least the index of refraction of the core. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110158586 | Optical connector adapter with excellent dust resistance - Provided is an optical connector adapter of the type in which a shell-side hollow cylindrical portion is integrally formed in a shell, a sleeve holder inserted in the shell has a holder-side hollow cylindrical portion, and a sleeve is held by the shell-side cylindrical portion and the holder-side cylindrical portion. The shell has an inward engaging projection on the inner periphery thereof at its portions facing the holder-side cylindrical portion while the sleeve holder has a holder locking portion. By engaging the holder locking portion with the engaging projection, the sleeve holder is prevented from being removed from the shell. The optical connector adapter is attached to a housing so as to pass through its wall such that the shell-side cylindrical portion is located outside the housing while the holder-side cylindrical portion is located inside the housing. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110170827 | CONNECTORS AND ASSEMBLIES HAVING A PLURALITY OF MOVEABLE MATING ARRAYS - A connector configured to communicatively couple different components. The connector includes a base frame that extends along a longitudinal axis between a pair of frame ends and first and second moveable mating arrays having mating surfaces with terminals arranged thereon. The connector also includes a coupling mechanism that is supported by the base frame. The coupling mechanism holds the first and second mating arrays so that the mating surfaces of the first and second mating arrays extend along the longitudinal axis. The coupling mechanism moves the first and second mating arrays along different mating directions with respect to select components. The coupling mechanism moves the first and second mating arrays, between retracted and engaged positions, wherein the corresponding mating array is spaced apart from the select component in the retracted position and engaged to the select component in the engaged position. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110194817 | SPOOLABLE SIGNAL CONDUCTION AND CONNECTION LINE AND METHOD - A spoolable signal conduction and connection line for a downhole environment including a length of signal conduction and connection line suitable for the downhole environment; and one or more connectors depending from the line along a length of the line, the connectors capable of making a signal bearing connection for the downhole environment. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110206324 | Multi-Port Shielded Adapter - An inner sleeve has a main body with an opening therein and a front and back end. The back end has projections or extensions to engage corresponding cavities on another inner sleeve to allow for movement of the inner sleeves relative to a outer portion into which the inner sleeves have been inserted. The outer portion may accommodate any number of inner sleeve pairs. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110217006 | HIGH FIBER COUNT PACKAGE FOAM INSERT - Provided is a fiber packaging module that contains a plurality fiber optic connectors. The module includes an outer shell containing a plurality of fiber optic connectors connected to respective fiber optic cables. The module also includes a body comprised of a low density material disposed within the outer shell, the body having an outer side surface and an inner side surface. Also, a plurality of receiving portions are formed on the body to hold the fiber optic connectors. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120045175 | PLUG ASSEMBLY - A plug assembly includes a circular plug shell having a cavity configured to receive a modular plug connector therein. The circular plug shell is configured to be threadably coupled to a corresponding circular jack shell. An insert is loaded into the cavity or the circular plug shell. The insert includes an adapter having a one or two piece body having a circular geometry. The body has a connector chamber configured to hold the modular plug connector therein. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120237166 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING ACTUATION MECHANISMS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING MATING CONNECTORS - A connector assembly including an actuator body that extends along a central longitudinal axis between a pair of connector ends. The actuator body is movable along the longitudinal axis and has an actuator cam feature. The connector assembly also includes an assembly frame that is operatively coupled to the actuator body and is movable along a mating axis that is non-parallel relative to the longitudinal axis. The assembly frame defines a connector compartment and has a frame cam feature that is positioned to engage the actuator cam feature. The actuator and frame cam features slidably engage each other when the actuator body is moved along the longitudinal axis thereby moving the assembly frame along the mating axis. The connector assembly also includes a mating connector that is held by the assembly frame within the connector compartment. The assembly frame is configured to move the mating connector in a mating direction. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120243831 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTER - An optical connector adapter includes: a first connection member; a second connection member; a sleeve member coaxially disposed in the first and second connection members; an outer shell defining an internal cavity for receiving the first and second connection members, an engagement section being formed on an inner wall face of the internal cavity and inward protruding from the inner wall face for restricting and locating the first connection member, the outer shell being formed with at least one slot in communication with the cavity; and at least one U-shaped clamp member. The U-shaped clamp member can be inserted into the outer shell through the slot to restrict the second connection member so as to securely locate the first and second connection members in the outer shell. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140205239 | INTERCONNECTING ADAPTER FOR LC TYPE OPTICAL CONNECTORS - The invention prevents an LC type optical connector plug from seriously harming a body of a worker, particularly eyes of the worker in a work for fitting the LC type optical connector plug having various concavo-convex shapes. A connector housing ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140254986 | PASSIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING FIBER INDEXING - The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, fibers can be stored and deployed form storage spools. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150016778 | FACILE OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS - A micro identification system supports facile optical assemblies and components. A segment of optical fiber can comprise an identifier formed via actinic radiation. The identifier can generate a laser interference pattern that can be read through a cylindrical surface of the optical fiber to determine a code. Modified optical fibers are those fibers that have been shaped or coated to an extent beyond the demands of normal communications optical fibers. In one example, modified fibers are no longer than about two feet in length. For another example, the modified fibers can have either a non-cylindrical end face, a non-flat end face, an end face the plane of which is not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the waveguide, an end face coated with high density filter, or an identifier on or near an end face. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150110442 | FIBER OPTIC SPLITTER MODULE - A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of fiber optic splitter modules mounted within the chassis. Each splitter module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the splitter module through a front opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the splitter module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. The adapters mounted within the interior of the chassis are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a fiber optic splitter module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150303615 | CONNECTOR BACKSHELL HAVING MULTIPLE CABLE EXIT CONFIGURATIONS - A connector backshell assembly configured to interconnect a cable to a connector. The connector backshell assembly has multiple cable portals at exit angles, such as straight, 90 degree, and 45 degree relative to the connector. The connector backshell assembly is separable into two halves to allow easy access to the rear portion of the connector for connecting and servicing the cable/connector interface. Unused cable portals may be sealed with a plug. The connector backshell assembly may be used with various Military specification (Mil Spec) types including M38999, M28840, M28876, M5015, and M64266. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20170235061 | Optical Fiber Bundle Structure and Optical Fiber Connection Structure | 08-17-2017 |
