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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Commscope Asia Holdings B.v., Bussum, NL;
Jacob Arie Elenbaas, Heijningen, NL;
CommScope Asia Holdings B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A multi-fiber connector () that promotes physical contact with a communicating multi-fiber connector. The multi-fiber connector () has a connector body () with a front end () and a back end (). The multi-fiber connector () also includes a ferrule () with optical contacts () at a front end (). The ferrule () is spring biased toward the front end () of the connector body (). The ferrule () has a pair of alignment pin openings () extending into the ferrule from a front end (). The ferrule () also has a pair of alignment pins () mounted within the alignment pin openings (). The base ends of the alignment pins () have a different transverse cross-sectional shape than the alignment pin openings (). This difference in transverse cross-sectional shapes allows the alignment pins to pivot relative to the ferrule along a major axis of the ferrule.