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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Jay Brian Betker, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Terry Lee Adams, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Jay Brian Betker, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Terry Lee Adams, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber connector in which a terminus assembly () can be keyed so it is always installed in a predetermined rotational position about the axis of a terminus-receiving passage () of a housing (). When a terminus rotational position is found that results in minimal insertion loss, a noncircular index sleeve () is placed around the terminus body () and fixed thereto. An indexing plate () is installed in the connector housing, with indexing passage portions () that receive the index sleeve at only a single rotational position of the indexing sleeve about the passage axis.