US Conec Limited

Corning Research & Development Corporation

US Conec Lid.

Mitchell Cloud

Darrell Randolph Childers

Jason Higley

Jillcha Fekadu Wakjira

Michael E Hughes

Craig Miller Conrad

Terry Lee Cooke

Sherrh Clint Reinhardt

Kolton Baer

Shubhrangshu Sengupta

Darrell P Childers

Dj Hastings

D J Hastings

A new boot for a fiber optic connector has a ribbed back portion, a center portion, and a forward extending portion that can be used to insert and remove the fiber optic connector to receptacle. The ribbed back portion has grasping elements and is connected to the center portion. The center portion is removably connected to a crimp body that is in turn connected to the connector housing. The front extension is connected to the fiber optic connector and also provides a keying feature depending on the side of the fiber optic connector on which it is installed.

Flexible push-pull boot

A dust plug for use in a pre-populated adapters has a main body having a top wall, a bottom wall, and two opposing side walls extending between the top wall and bottom wall. The dust plug also includes at least one pair of latches in a front portion of the main body and each of the at least one pair of latches may have an increased thickness at a forward end thereof. The area of increased thickness is sized to engage a receptacle in an inner surface of the housing when the dust plug is attached to the housing. Other versions contemplate not having the increased thickness. The dust plug preferably includes a grip at the back end.

Dust plug for adapter pre-populated with MPO housing

A fiber handling tool has a cover to engage optical fibers placed in the fiber handling tool. There may be more than one cover and the covers have at least two elastic elements. There are at least two elastic elements that cooperate to hold the optical fibers and/or cable in place and another elastic element may be used with a door lock that is rotatably attached to the cover. There are also structures for managing the routing of the optical fibers within the tool.

Fiber handling tool with spring loaded doors

A cover for a fiber optic ferrule and ferrule push includes a sleeve extending lengthwise between opposed front and rear ends and defines a lengthwise-extending opening that opens through the rear end for receiving at least a portion of the fiber optic fiber optic ferrule and the ferrule push. The sleeve also includes a top side and an opposing bottom side, and two side walls extending between the top side and the bottom side and along at least a portion of the sleeve. A receiver is disposed in the top side to receive a projection associated with the ferrule push.

Multi-port uniboot connector for multi-fiber plug housings

A new fiber optic connector provides a smaller form factor by including two ferrule assemblies in a housing. The housing accepts a push-pull mechanism that allows for insertion and removal from a carrier as well as an adapter. The push-pull mechanism may also include a flexure member to return the push-pull mechanism. Polarity of the fiber optic connector may also be selected by use of the push-pull mechanism.

Crimp body for mini duplex connector with push-pull polarity mechanism and carrier

Cover for a fiber optic ferrule and ferrule push

An assembly of two fiber optic ferrules allows for the mating of a CWDM fiber optic ferrule with a non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule. The CWDM fiber optic ferrule has optical fibers that carry optical beams with at least two different wavelengths, which the non-CWDM ferrule has optical fibers that carry only one wavelength. The CWDM fiber optic ferrule and the non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule have optical fibers that are inserted along parallel axes. The non-CWDM fiber optic ferrule has a lens pitch that matches the CWDM ferrule.

System and method for optical communications using CWDM ferrule mated to a non-CWDM ferrule

A fiber optic connector housing has a first portion to receive fiber optic ferrule holders and fiber optic ferrules. The fiber optic connector housing also includes a second portion for use during polishing and before one of the fiber optic ferrule holders is rotated 180°. The second portion is, removed to allow for rotation and a third portion is attached to the first portion for connection with another fiber optic connector or assembly.

Small form factor fiber optic connector with crossed angle polished ferrules and polishing cap therefor

An interconnect system is provided that involves pre-installing a connector housing an optical connector in an adapter and a ferrule of the same optical connector on a cable. The ferrule terminates one or more groups of optical fibers, and a ferrule push component is also pre-installed on the same group(s) of optical fibers. The connector housing is configured to receive and retain the ferrule and ferrule push component without being removed from the adapter to simultaneously form the optical connector and install the optical connector in the adapter. Embodiments such an interconnect system involving high fiber-count cables and related installation methods involving many optical connections are disclosed.

Interconnect system and methods of installing the same

Adapter for small form factor duplex fiber optic connectors

A fiber optic ferrule push includes a main body extending between a front end and a rear end, the main body having a central opening extending between the front end and the rear end to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough, a front facing surface configured to engage a rear surface of a fiber optic ferrule, and at least one projection extending outward from the main body to engage a housing configured to receive the fiber optic ferrule, the fiber optic ferrule push may also include a key extending outward from a surface of the main body. The fiber optic ferrule push may be paired with a fiber optic ferrule in a fiber optic assembly.

Ferrule push

A push-pull boot for an MPO fiber optic connector has rear portion, a middle portion, a transition portion disposed therebetween, at least two front extensions extending from the middle portion and a cross bar between the at least two front extensions. The push-pull boot has a spine that extends from an end of a rear portion to the transition portion and parallel to a longitudinal axis. The push-pull boot may also have a rear facing surface that is configured to engage a forward facing surface on the outer housing during a pulling operation. It may also have a spring push seat located in the middle portion of the push-pull boot and configured to engage a spring push of the MPO fiber optic connector during a pushing operation of the MPO fiber optic connector.

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Matthews, NC, United States of America

Mitchell Cloud