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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
David Donald Erdman, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Josiah D. Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Charles Flaig, Lancaster, PA (US);
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Claremont, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a bare fiber connection system that includes first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors that have a low profile and are mounted in a multi-fiber adapter. The multi-fiber fiber optic connectors are bare fiber connectors that each include a connector body and a plurality of optical fibers extending through the connector body. The bare fiber connection system includes a latching arrangement for securing the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors respectively in first and second adapter ports. One aspect of the present disclosure relates to the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors and the multi-fiber adapter lacking integrated structures for releasing the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors from the first and second adapter ports. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a release key that is separate from the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors and the multi-fiber adapter for releasing the first and second multi-fiber fiber optic connectors from the first and second adapter ports of the multi-fiber adapter.