Commscope Technologies LLC

Tyler John Royer

Michael Lawrence Gurreri

David Donald Erdman

Robert Charles Flaig

Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen

Brent Campbell

Randall Bobby Paul

Michael Ward Zitsch

The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connector. The connector includes at least one connector portion including a front housing portion coupled to a rear housing portion, the front housing portion being rotatable relative to the rear housing portion about a longitudinal axis, the front housing portion including a ferrule and a latch, the latch defining front and rear ends and being pivotable relative to the rest of the front housing portion at a connection portion. A boot mounted on the telecommunications connector is movable longitudinally relative to the rear housing portion, wherein the boot is configured to engage at least a portion of the latch of the front housing portion and cause the latch to pivot relative to the rest of the front housing portion as the boot is moved relative to the rear housing portion.

Telecommunications connector with latch release mechanism

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to detecting an optical signal and/or optical power in a ferrule-less optical fiber. In certain embodiments, one or more optical detectors are incorporated into an adapter that is configured to interface with a connectorized or non-connectorized ferrule-less optical fiber. The optical detector detects the presence or absence, and/or the optical power level, of the optical signal being transmitted through ferrule-less optical fiber and produces an electrical output representative of the detected optical signal.

Ferrule-less optical fiber signal detection by an optical detector mounted within the housing receives the optical fiber

The electrical connection device includes: a housing, a first contact end, a second contact end, a first connector connectable to the first contact end, and a second connector connected to the second contact end. The electrical connection device may also include an electrical disconnection switch located between the first contact end and the first connector. In addition, the electrical connection device may also include a movable conduction engagement device that is moveable relative to the housing. The conduction engagement device also includes a magnetic element that moves free ends of the first contact end and the first connector of the electrical disconnection switch. The device also includes a mating electrical connection device including a first mating contact end and a second mating contact end, wherein the first and second contact ends make electrical contact with respective mating first and second contact ends of the mating electrical connection device.

Arc-free plug connector

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Tyler John Royer