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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2021
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Yu Lu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ryan M. Kostecka, Waconia, MN (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A multi-fiber fiber optic connector is provided having features that allow for changeability with respect to gender. A pin holder is configured to releasably retain a pair of alignment pins and includes top and bottom plates having both ramps and front tabs. Opposing distal ends of the front top and bottom tabs are movable relative to each other between a pin retaining position and a pin release position. When the front top and bottom tabs are in the pin retaining position, the distal ends are engaged at least partially within a circumferential groove of a corresponding alignment pin, and when the front top and bottom tabs are in the pin release position, at least a portion of corresponding top and bottom ramps are spread apart from one another flexing the top and the bottom plates away from each other and disengaging the distal ends from the alignment pin.