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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Tyler John Royer, York, PA (US);
Robert Charles Flaig, Lancaster, PA (US);
Michael S. Riegel, Bonfield, IL (US);
Michael Lawrence Gurreri, York, PA (US);
Brent Campbell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Adam Verne Broughton, Harrisburg, PA (US);
David John Anderson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Josiah D. Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael W. Zitsch, Cumberland, PA (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Claremont, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connector. The connector includes at least one connector portion including a front housing portion coupled to a rear housing portion. The front housing portion defines a front end and a rear end, the front housing portion including a ferrule terminating a cable fixed to the at least one connector portion, the front housing portion further including a latch that is configured to contact a fiber optic adapter for locking the connector to the fiber optic adapter when the connector is inserted into the fiber optic adapter, wherein the latch is movable about a connection location on the front housing portion. The latch defines a permanently attached rear extension that extends rearward past the rear end of the front housing portion, the rear extension configured to be contacted for moving the latch for freeing the connector from the fiber optic adapter.