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Fiber optic cable connector

US6641310B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateNov 29, 2000
Grant dateNov 4, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/3672
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fiber optic cable connector including a coupler body with a channel for receiving a connector plug therein; and a door spanning the channel, the door biased to cover the channel but displaceable with respect to the channel when the plug body is received in the channel to prevent light from escaping the channel when the plug body is removed from the channel.

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