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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Robert C. Briggs, Palmyra, PA (US);
David R. Baechtle, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Edmunc J. Haley, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Robert C. Briggs, Palmyra, PA (US);
David R. Baechtle, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Edmunc J. Haley, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector assembly includes a front housing and a rear housing movably coupled to the front housing between retracted and advanced positions. A drive mechanism is coupled to the rear housing that moves the rear housing from the retracted position to the advanced position. Fiber optic connectors are fixedly coupled to the rear housing with a mating end driven with respect to the front housing in a mating direction when the rear housing is moved from the retracted position to the advanced position. Optionally, the fiber optic connector assembly may be side-loaded into position with respect to a fixed connector assembly, and then the fiber optic connector is driven to the advanced position in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of loading.