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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Corning Cable Systems Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Micah Colen Isenhour, Lincolnton, NC (US);
Michael de Jong, Colleyville, TX (US);
Dennis Michael Knecht, Hickory, NC (US);
James Phillip Luther, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Dense shuttered fiber optic connectors and assemblies suitable for establishing optical connections for optical backplanes in equipment racks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic connector assembly is provided. The fiber optic connector assembly comprises a fiber optic connector. The fiber optic connector assembly also comprises a slideable shutter disposed in the fiber optic connector. The slideable shutter has an opening(s) configured to be aligned with a plurality of lenses disposed in the fiber optic connector in an open position, and configured to block access to the plurality of lenses disposed in the fiber optic connector in a closed position. The fiber optic connector assembly also comprises an actuation member coupled to the slideable shutter configured to move the slideable shutter from the closed position to the open position.