U.S. patent number RE42,522 [Application Number 11/981,850] was granted by the patent office on 2011-07-05 for ruggedized fiber optic connection. This patent grant is currently assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc.. Invention is credited to Michael J. Shorter, Trevor D. Smith, Steven C. Zimmel.
United States Patent | RE42,522 |
Zimmel , et al. | July 5, 2011 |
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A fiber optic cable connection system comprising a first fiber optic connector including a ferrule within which an optical fiber is mounted and a fiber optic adapter for receiving the first fiber optic connector including a sleeve for receiving the ferrule. The first fiber optic connector is mounted within a first threaded body with the fiber optic cable extending through an opening in a distal end of the first threaded body and the ferrule accessible through a proximal end of the first threaded body. The fiber optic adapter is mounted within a second threaded body and the second threaded body adapted for mounting to a bulkhead. The second threaded body adapted to engage the proximal end of the first threaded body with the first connector engaging the adapter and the ferrule extending into the sleeve. An outer housing is threadably mounted about both the first and second threaded bodies when the second threaded body is engaging the proximal end of the first threaded body. The first and second threaded bodies and the outer housing cooperate to hold the first connector engaging the adapter.
Inventors: | Zimmel; Steven C. (Minneapolis, MN), Smith; Trevor D. (Eden Prairie, MN), Shorter; Michael J. (Lonsdale, MN) |
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Assignee: | ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
(Eden Prairie, MN) |
Family ID: | 34194697 |
Appl. No.: | 11/981,850 |
Filed: | October 31, 2007 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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Reissue of: | 10658739 | Sep 8, 2003 | 6962445 | Nov 8, 2005 | |
Current U.S. Class: | 385/55; 439/587 |
Current CPC Class: | G02B 6/3825 (20130101); G02B 6/3897 (20130101); G02B 6/3894 (20130101); G02B 6/3849 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | G02B 6/38 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | ;385/53,55,60,70-72,78,88,89,92,94 ;439/271,274,587,589 |
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