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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1994
Richard D Turgeon, Dracut, MA (US);
Shelly A Buchter, East Berlin, PA (US);
Bryan T Edwards, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Joseph L Kaminski, III, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A tubular body for use with an optical fiber connector, and the connector using such a tubular body. The optical fiber connector includes a coupling nut, biasing means and a retaining ring which are axially arranged on the tubular body. The coupling nut and the biasing means are retained externally on the tubular body by the retaining ring with the coupling nut being movable along the outside surface of the body and axially displaced by the biasing means. The body includes a ring attachment portion on the outside surface thereof. The ring attachment portion includes an annular groove and an annular ridge which are formed on the outside surface thereof. The annular groove is sized and dimensioned for receiving a radially applied retaining ring. The outside diameter of the attachment portion on the outside surface of the body is sized and dimensioned for receiving an axially attached retaining ring.