Fiber optic connector holder and method

US9122019B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Trevor D. Smith · Eden Prairie, US
• Thomas C. Tinucci · Eden Prairie, US
• Cindy S. Walters · Prior Lake, US
• James W. Conroy · Prior Lake, US
• Joel B. Douglas · Hutchinson, US
• Kathleen M. Barnes · Golden Valley, US
• Marlon E. Holmquist · Gibbon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2013
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic connector holder is sized to fit within an opening for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to permit a fiber optic connector with a dust cap positioned about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule to be inserted within and releasably held by the connector holder. A system for holding fiber optic connectors includes a fiber optic connector holder mounted within an opening in a bulkhead for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to receive a fiber optic connector with a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule. An optical fiber connector may be held to a bulkhead when the fiber optic connector includes a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule.