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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Eberhard Kahle, Berlin, DE;
Anne Kramer, Berlin, DE;
Jörg Adomeit, Berlin, DE;
ADC GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A coupling () for receiving at least two plug-in connectors () which are joined to glass fiber cables, comprising at least one moveable cover () which is associated with a sheath opening (), said cover covering the opening () of the sheath in a first position, and being able to be moved into a second position by introducing a plug-in connector (), whereupon the cover () releases the opening () in the sheath, said cover () comprising a bent metallic leaf spring () and said leaf spring () being unstressed in the first position and the curvature of the leaf spring () being selected in such a way that a ferrule () of the plug-in connector () never comes into contact with the leaf spring () during the insertion process.