A mobile robot system for automated operation of a data center or telecommunications office, includes a moveable robotic platform with a multiplicity of tools integrated therein, to operate on a network element within a bay, with integrated RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags and visual alignment markers attached to fiber optic connectors and ports of the network elements. The mobile robot system positions a robot probe arm with an RFID probe for proximity detection to identify a cable and associated fiber optic connector based on a unique RF identifier of a tag on the fiber optic connector. The robot probe arm has a connector gripper to engage and unplug the associated fiber optic connector.

An optical fiber connector assembly, a label system, a label module, and a recognition method to improve efficiency and accuracy of recognizing the optical fiber connector assembly is provided. The optical fiber connector assembly includes an optical fiber connector body, a connecting piece, and a label module. The connecting piece is separately connected to the optical fiber connector body and the label module. The label module has a target surface. The target surface is opposite to a location of the optical fiber connector body. The target surface is used to set label information. The label information is used to identify the optical fiber connector body.

A plug connector, in particular an optical plug connector, has a plug unit comprising at least one plug element which has at least one locking element, and with an actuation unit comprising at least one actuation element which is translationally displaceable with respect to the plug unit for the purpose of actuating the locking element.

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.

The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, fibers can be stored and deployed form storage spools.

An optical connector of a power over fiber system includes a shutter. The shutter opens in conjunction with a connection operation to enable the connection and closes in conjunction with a disconnection operation to block feed light from exiting. A light receiving surface of the shutter is made of a wavelength conversion material. The light receiving surface receives the feed light when the shutter is closed. The optical connector is disposed at a feed-light output end in the power over fiber system.

A pluggable connector with anti-electromagnetic interference capability is disclosed in this invention, which includes a socket housing, multiple terminal assemblies and a shielding case. The socket housing includes an insulating base, a first anti-EMI block independently mounted on the insulating base and a second anti-EMI block independently mounted on the insulating base. The first anti-EMI block and an upper bracket can be combined together to form an upper circuit board slot, and the second anti-EMI block and a lower bracket can be combined together to form a lower circuit board slot. The pluggable connector of the present invention has a good anti-electromagnetic interference capability by the first and second anti-EMI blocks.

Fiber optic connectors comprising multiple footprints along with cable assemblies and methods for making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical connector comprises a housing and a ferrule. The housing comprises a longitudinal passageway between a rear end and a front end. The fiber optic connector may be converted from a first footprint to a second footprint by a conversion housing that fits about a portion of the housing. The optical connectors disclosed may be tunable for improving optical performance and may also include a spring for biasing the ferrule to a forward position as desired.

The present disclosure is directed to a board mounted active component assembly that includes a printed circuit board to which a connector is mounted and electrically connected. In one aspect, the connector includes a housing defining an adapter port for receiving an optical plug. The connector also includes a fiber optic transceiver module secured within the housing such that the transceiver module is optically aligned with an optical plug received in the adapter port. The fiber optic transceiver module includes a transmitter optical sub-assembly (TOSA) and a receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA) with leads connected to a circuit on the printed circuit board.

A composite optical fiber assembly of quartz and plastic, an identification method and an identification device are disclosed. The composite optical fiber assembly of quartz and plastic includes a quartz optical fiber, a connector of the quartz optical fiber, at least two plastic optical fibers, and connectors of plastic optical fibers respectively corresponding to the at least two plastic optical fibers. The plastic optical fibers are laid on the quartz optical fiber. With the structure, whether the connectors at the two ends are properly connected can be intuitively inspected by eyes and displayed.