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Optical fiber connector with changeable polarity

US9658409B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Senko Advanced Components, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Gniadek · Oxford, US
Kim Man Wong · Kowloon, CN
Yim Wong
Jimmy Jun-Fu Chang · Worcester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3893
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector may include a reversible keying arrangement for determining the orientation for plugging the connector into an adapter to thereby allow for a change in polarity of the connection to be made on site. The connector housing may be configured to engage with a removable key that may be engaged with the housing in at least two different locations to provide the plug-in orientation, or the housing may have slidably displaceable keys movable between multiple positions on the housing.

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