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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Igor Zhovnirovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Subhash Roy, Lexington, MA (US);
Igor Zhovnirovsky, Newton, MA (US);
Subhash Roy, Lexington, MA (US);
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An optic connector jack is provided with a punch-down fiber optic cable termination. The jack is made up of a housing with a connector mating interface, for connection to a plug connector, and a cradle for receiving a fiber optic cable. The cradle has at least one U-shaped punch-down blade for securing each fiber optic cable with respect to the housing. A crimping plate overlies the cradle and mates to the housing for securing each fiber optic cable in the cradle. The U-shaped punch-down blade has an open top portion, a closed bottom portion, and an inside diameter about equal to a fiber optic cable diameter. The U-shaped punch-down blade has an interior blade edge, the interior blade edge securing a fiber optic cable by slicing into at least a part of the fiber optic cable circumference. In one aspect, the jack includes a lens for each fiber optic cable.