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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Us Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Scott Mendenhall, Hickory, NC (US);
Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3882 (2013.01); G02B 6/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modified housing and adapter prevent unwanted contact during the mating of fiber-optic connectors by using positive features and negative features in the housing, while the modified adapter presents negative features and positive features in mating of the two structures.