Means for keeping keying elements with a connector assembly
US4979792A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3878
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Means 1 in the form of a cover for a connector assembly 86, a skirt 2' of the cover encircling a front end 4 of the connector assembly 86, connecting means 7 for connecting the cover to the connector assembly 86 when the skirt 2' is removed from the front end 4, internal webs 9, 9 of the cover lodged in a gap 29 in the front end 4 to retaini the cover on the front end 4, and pockets 11, 11, 11 external to the skirt 2' frictionally receiving the keying elements 94, 94', 94" in the absence of any one of the keying elements 94, 94', 94" in the connector assembly 86.
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