G02B6/3887

Contactless Optical Fiber Internet Customer Premises Installation

A method and apparatus for contactless installation of an optical fiber internet connection at a customer premises is provided, wherein the customer is provided with an interior installation kit and is guided by an installation technician. The customer remains inside the premises, selects an entry point for the fiber, and indicates the entry point to the technician using a remote detection target. The technician locates the detection target, bores a hole into the premises, passes an optical fiber in to the customer, and the customer secures an attachment mount to the interior wall of the premises to receive the optical fiber and upon which to connect and mount an optical network terminal. After the optical fiber has been connected, the customer network is activated, and the technician seals the external hole.

CABLE ADAPTERS WITH INTEGRATED SEAL, OPTICAL CONNECTORS, OPTICAL CABLE ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME
20210373251 · 2021-12-02 ·

Cable adapters, connector assemblies, and optical cable assemblies incorporating an integral seal are disclosed. According to one aspect, a cable adapter includes a first end, a second end, and a passageway extending between the first end and the second end. The cable adapter further includes a seal groove within a surface of the second end, at least one opening within the seal groove, wherein the at least one opening is fluidly coupled to the passageway, and a seal within the seal groove. The seal includes a sealing material disposed within the seal groove, the at least one opening, and along an interior surface of the passageway.

Optical fiber connector with articulating sleeve-carrier linkage
11372167 · 2022-06-28 · ·

An optical fiber connector sub-assembly optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule holder carrier portion and a sleeve portion disposed rearward of the ferrule holder carrier portion along an axis of the connector. The sleeve portion is configured to be connected to the ferrule holder portion to permit relative articulating movement between the sleeve portion and the ferrule holder carrier portion, and the sleeve portion and the ferrule holder carrier portion are configured to be rotatingly fixed to one another.

Optical connector
11372173 · 2022-06-28 · ·

The present invention provides an optical connector comprising an accommodation base, a terminal module, a cover, and a polarity adjusting portion. The accommodation base comprises an accommodation space communicating with an opening formed at a side of the accommodation base, and at least one terminal accommodation portion for accommodating the terminal module. The cover is arranged on the opening for sealing the opening. The cover further comprises extending covers corresponding to the terminal accommodation portions, respectively. Each extending cover has a first buckle structure. The polarity adjusting portion is rotatably coupled to the terminal accommodation portion. When the polarity adjusting portion is rotated to a predetermined position, a second buckle structure formed on the polarity adjusting portion is coupled to the first buckle structure for positioning the polarity adjusting portion.

Ferrule Push

A fiber optic ferrule push includes a main body extending between a front end and a rear end, the main body having a central opening extending between the front end and the rear end to receive a plurality of optical fibers therethrough, a front facing surface configured to engage a rear surface of a fiber optic ferrule, and at least one projection extending outward from the main body to engage a housing configured to receive the fiber optic ferrule, the fiber optic ferrule push may also include a key extending outward from a surface of the main body. The fiber optic ferrule push may be paired with a fiber optic ferrule in a fiber optic assembly.

OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CONNECTOR
20220187547 · 2022-06-16 · ·

An optical connector includes: optical fibers including bare portions and covering portions covering the bare portions; a ferrule that accommodates parts of the optical fibers where the bare portions are exposed; a stress relaxation portion that accommodates parts of the optical fibers where the covering portions are formed and relieves a stress acting on the optical fibers; and a boot that has an insertion hole through which the optical fibers are inserted and that connects the ferrule and the stress relaxation portion. The ferrule, the boot, and the stress relaxation portion are separately formed and fixed to each other. The stress relaxation portion includes a constricted portion therein.

Optoelectronic assembly for a communication system

An optoelectronic assembly includes an optical module assembly including a fiber optic connector and an optical engine on an optical engine substrate. The fiber optic connector has a ferrule holding optical fibers optically coupled to the optical engine. The optical engine substrate includes a contact array of optical engine contacts at a bottom of the optical engine substrate. The optical module assembly includes a heat transfer element thermally coupled to the optical engine. The optical module assembly includes a backshell configured to be coupled to a circuit board. The backshell holds the heat transfer element in thermal contact with the optical engine. The optoelectronic assembly includes an interposer assembly electrically connected to the contact array of optical engine contacts having compressible interposer contacts with separable mating interfaces.

OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL CABLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20220179157 · 2022-06-09 ·

Provided is an optical connector capable of implementing a floating function while keeping a depth direction short. The optical connector includes a connector body and a regulation portion. The connector body is disposed inside the connector housing. The regulation portion regulates a movable region on a rear surface side of the connector body, the movable region being in one direction orthogonal to a front-rear direction of the connector housing with respect to the connector housing. For example, the regulation portion includes a guiderail portion provided in the connector housing or the connector body. For example, the movable region is an arc-shaped region having a center on a front surface side of the connector body.

DYNAMIC CONTACT AND FIBER OPTIC TERMINI CAVITY TO WIRE REMOVABLE SEALS

Termini assemblies of electrical cable connector assemblies and methods of formation include a termini housing configured to receive an electrical cable and a dynamic seal assembly disposed in the termini housing and including a first portion having an O-ring seal configuration and configured to seal the termini assembly up to a pressure threshold and a second portion having a cup seal configuration and configured to seal the termini assembly at pressures greater than the pressure threshold. Methods of installing the electrical cable connector assemblies include installing the electrical cable connector assembly in a low or high pressure application, wherein installation in the low pressure application results in at least one of the first and second portions of the dynamic seal assembly sealing the termini assembly, and wherein installation in the high pressure application results in the second portion of the dynamic seal assembly sealing the termini assembly.

FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A CONVERSION HOUSING AND A RELEASE MEMBER

A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a locking portion defined on an outer surface of the connector housing, an adapter assembly selectively coupled to the connector housing, the adapter assembly including a conversion housing extending around the connector housing and defining a conversion front end, a retention housing including a connector retention feature engaged with the locking portion of the connector housing and the retention housing defining one or more outwardly-extending retention features, and a release member, engageable with the retention housing, where the release member is positionable between an engaged position, in which axial movement between the retention housing and the conversion housing is restricted, and a disengaged position, in which the retention housing is removable from the conversion housing.