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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Eugene Zieman, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Previously available multiport connector pairings that use floating devices typically include relatively generous lead-in chamfers surrounding receiving ports in order to facilitate blind mating. As port density increases there is less room for lead-in chamfers, and in turn, blind mating becomes more challenging. By contrast, various implementations disclosed herein include multiport connection arrangements that include a floating connection device at least partially included within a port, and a radial centering mechanism arranged in combination with the floating connection device. The radial centering mechanism imparts a force that biases the floating connection device along the axis of the port. In some implementations, the radial centering mechanism imparts a substantially balanced axial force in order to bias the floating connection device. In some implementations, the radial centering mechanism imparts a substantially radial force in order to bias the floating connection device.