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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Steven Conrad Zimmel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory J. Schaible, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3656 (2013.01); G02B 6/3821 (2013.01); G02B 6/3843 (2013.01); G02B 6/3851 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fiber optic connectors, connector assemblies, and associated methods having tuning features and aspects. The tuning features/aspects allow for a tuning mechanism of a rear housing to be moved axially between an anti-rotation region and a tuning chamber defined by a front housing. The rear housing is rotationally coupled to a ferrule assembly for tuning an optical fiber terminated at the ferrule assembly.