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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederic Henry Abendschein, Columbia, PA (US);
Robert Carl Briggs, Newport, PA (US);
Donald Keith Harper, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 76 ;
Abstract
A receptacle for fiber optic cable connectors has a shutter which consists of an assembly of a plate and a spring adjacent one end of the plate, the assembly being positioned inside the receptacle's open end, the plate being inclined inwardly and deforming the spring so that it exerts an erecting force on the plate, and the assembly being too large for the plate to become fully erect.