Fiber optic connector with fiber end protection

US9798091B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA · BE

Inventors

• Sangram Keshari Samal · Baleshwar, IN
• Mamoni DASH · Baleshwar, IN
• Peter Martha Dubruel · Oudenaarde, BE
• Jan Watte · Grimbergen, BE
• Stefano BERI · Zaventem, BE
• Ceren OZDILEK · Leuven, BE
• Walter Mattheus · Kessel-Lo, BE
• Danny Willy August Verheyden · Gelrode, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3866
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector including a connector body (122) having a front end and a rear end. A shutter (74) is mounted at the front end of the connector body (122). The shutter (74) is movable relative to the connector body (122) between an open position and a closed position. The fiber optic connector (69) includes an optical fiber (100) having an end face that is accessible at the front end of the connector body (122) when the shutter (74) is in the open position. The fiber optic connector (69) also includes a cleaning material (501) provided at an inner side of the shutter (74) that covers the end face of the optical fiber (100) when the shutter (74) is in the closed position.