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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Ppc Broadband, Inc., East Syracuse, NY (US);
Robert Schiffbauer, Olathe, KS (US);
Peter Carapella, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Steven M. Waldren, Roanoke, VA (US);
PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A connector storage includes a storage block including a plurality of chambers. Each of the plurality of chambers includes an open first end at a front wall and a substantially closed second end at a rear wall. The storage block is configured to include first voids and/or second voids between adjacent ones of the plurality of chambers. Each of the plurality of chambers includes a substantially circular perimeter wall that includes first and second wall portions between the respective chamber and respective ones of the first and second voids. The perimeter wall is configured to have a first diameter that is smaller than a second diameter of a circle that circumscribes corners of the fiber optic connector. The first and second wall portions are configured to deform into respective ones of the first and second voids to receive and securely grip the corners of the fiber optic connector while minimizing a contact area between the perimeter wall and the connector so as to reduce a force required to insert the connector into the storage block and remove the connector from the storage block.