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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Stephen Daniel Gherardini, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Stephen Daniel Gherardini, Harrisburg, PA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector system in which two fiber optic connectors () mate within a cabinet () and each one can be withdrawn for cleaning. Each connector is part of a connector assembly () that includes a mounting bracket () fixed to a corresponding daughterboard (). A motherboard structure () is mounted in the cabinet and has holes. Each daughterboard is slid into an opposite end of the cabinet until its connector passes partially through a motherboard hole and mates to the other connector. A pair of standoffs () coupled to each connector limits inward movement of each connector to a position at which the tips of mating termini each lies halfway through an alignment sleeve.