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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Peter Joseph Hyzin, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
James Edward Novacoski, Yucaipa, CA (US);
Can Trong Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber connector ( ) has a terminus ( ) lying in a housing passage ( ) and biased forwardly by a spring ( ), which enables removal of the terminus while the spring remains in the passage, in a compact arrangement. The terminus body has a groove ( ) that forms a rearwardly-facing shoulder ( ). A retainer ( ) includes a clip ( ) with tines ( ) that engage the shoulder to push the terminus forwardly, the clip being pushed forwardly by a front end ( ) of the spring. The retainer includes a sleeve member ( ) which is slideable in the terminus passage and has a rear end ( ) that abuts the front end of the spring to push the sleeve forwardly, the spring having a forwardly-facing shoulder ( ) that abuts the rear end of the clip to push it forwardly. Each of two mating connectors ( ) has a spring that biases its terminus toward the other terminus to enable installation of a replacement terminus.