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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Us Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US);
Darrell Childers, Hickory, NC (US);
Mitchell Cloud, Hickory, NC (US);
Craig Conrad, Hickory, NC (US);
Terry Lee Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US);
Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
US CONEC LTD., Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An interconnect system is provided that involves pre-installing a connector housing an optical connector in an adapter and a ferrule of the same optical connector on a cable. The ferrule terminates one or more groups of optical fibers, and a ferrule push component is also pre-installed on the same group(s) of optical fibers. The connector housing is configured to receive and retain the ferrule and ferrule push component without being removed from the adapter to simultaneously form the optical connector and install the optical connector in the adapter. Embodiments such an interconnect system involving high fiber-count cables and related installation methods involving many optical connections are disclosed.