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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Jarrod Scadden, Hopkins, MN (US);
M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey Louis Peters, Eagan, MN (US);
Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US);
Jarrod Scadden, Hopkins, MN (US);
M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeffrey Louis Peters, Eagan, MN (US);
Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly which permits repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire connector assembly or the cable is disclosed. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from one gender to a different gender. The hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly include removable keying members mountable to housings of the connectors. The removable keying members allow gender conversion and proper mating and orientation. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly also allows the individual connectors of the assembly to be converted from being hybrid fiber/copper connectors to being only fiber connectors or only copper connectors.