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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2018
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Monique Lise Cote, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Joel Christopher Rosson, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A multiport assembly includes a shell defining a cavity, a plurality of apertures extending through the shell to the cavity, and a plurality of optical connector ports defining connector insertion paths, a plurality of optical adapter assemblies positioned within the cavity of the shell, and a plurality of sealing piston securing members associated with respective ones of the connector insertion paths, where each of the sealing piston securing members is repositionable between an engaged position, in which at least a portion of the sealing piston securing member intersects the connector insertion path, and a disengaged position, in which a securing portion of the sealing piston securing member is spaced apart from the connector insertion path, and where a width of a button portion of each of the sealing piston securing members is greater than width defined by each of the plurality of apertures.