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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Us Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US);
Craig M. Conrad, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US);
Jillcha F. Wakjira, Hickory, NC (US);
Myron W. Yount, Conover, NC (US);
Assignee:
US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3882 (2013.01); G02B 6/3821 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01); G02B 6/3898 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber optic ferrule and a guide pin clamp allows for changing guide pins in the field. The guide pin clamp has a forward clamp portion, a rearward clamp portion configured to engage the biasing spring and a guide pin retaining plate. The forward clamp portion and the rearward clamp portion move relative to one another to also move guide pin retaining plate from a first position to a second position to allow for the removal or insertion of guide pins.