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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Joseph C. Livingston, Frisco, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joseph C. Livingston, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3869 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/3807 (2013.01); G02B 6/381 (2013.01); G02B 6/423 (2013.01); G02B 6/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An MPO connector adapter to connect a first female MPO connector to a second female MPO connector includes a housing. An adapter ferrule is retained within the housing. First and second alignment pin sections extend from a first face of the adapter ferrule to mate with guide holes of the first female MPO connector. Third and fourth alignment pin sections extend from an opposite face of the adapter ferrule to mate with guide holes of the second female MPO connector. Optical fibers within the adapter ferrule couple optical signals from the first female MPO connector to the second female MPO connector.