An optical connector assembly includes a spring, a ferrule, a first housing, and a second housing connected to the first housing. The ferrule includes a ferrule body and a lens. The ferrule body defines a fiber receiver configured to receive optical fibers of an optical cable and a first spring receiver configured to receive the spring. The lens is arranged to optically communicate light propagated by the received optical fibers for free-space optical communication. The first housing defines a first opening configured to slidably receive and guide the ferrule for movement along a first longitudinal axis. The second housing defines a second opening configured to receive the optical cable therethrough along a second longitudinal axis, and a second spring receiver configured to receive the spring. The spring biases movement of the ferrule in the first housing away from the second housing.

A multi-purpose sealing device is described herein for use in a port structure of fiber terminal, telecommunication enclosure; or a bulkhead. The exemplary sealing device has a body having an open end and a closed end, wherein the closed end includes a removable portion and a pulling device to facilitate removal of the exemplary sealing device from a port structure. In one aspect, the exemplary sealing device is a single part made of a resilient material, while an alternative aspect, the exemplary sealing device includes a rigid connection portion disposed within the open end of the body. The exemplary device can be used as a dust cap or plug prior to making a service connection and/or it can be used as a port/cable sealing device after the service connection is made.

A plug mounted on an optical cable with one or more optical contacts each one having a tab which is deformable elastically or mounted so as to pivot relative to the rest of the contact, including: a body including a front part and a rear part; a bushing fitted around the front part with axial sliding forward, the bushing bearing a tab with an appendage extending inside the rear part, the tab of the bushing and the tab of each contact being disposed relative to each other so that when a traction force is applied to make the bushing slide around the front part, the appendage is able to bear against the tab of each contact so as to deform it elastically or make it pivot until the disconnection is produced between the contact and the converter.

The present invention concerns a connection system comprising: a plurality of connection plugs on each of which is mounted a locking lever with two arms each one supporting a locking hook of a locking system, an assembly comprising: an electrical equipment box panel, designed to lodge an electronic circuit card, the panel comprising a plurality of openings; a plurality of adjacent sockets.

According to the invention, the plurality of sockets is monobloc with the equipment panel and the sockets and the plugs are configured such that when each plug is connected to one of the sockets and locked to the latter by means of the locking lever in the position of attachment of the hooks to the locking lugs of the socket, two adjacent arms of adjacent plugs are in planar, pointlike or linear bearing against each other.

A fiber optic connector comprising a fusion assembly for strengthening a splice point. The fusion assembly comprises an elongate mechanical support positioned adjacent the splice point and snugly encased by a flexible tube. In one embodiment, a meltable adhesive in the form of a hollow tube is positioned over the splice point and the flexible tube comprises a heat shrinkable material. In another embodiment, the mechanical support is an elongate plate having a concave surface positioned adjacent the splice point and a C shaped cross section.

Performances are enhanced and improved tremendously for existing USB connectors with new improvised fiber-optical connection features and their capabilities. Existing USB connectors, such as user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connectors are modified, improvised and retrofitted using means of allocating unused spaces and surfaces to allow fiber-optical wires and connections inside the user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connectors. This modification will not affect the regular functions and performances of the user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connections. New fiber-optical connections will enhance and improve reversible Type A and USB Type-C as compared to regular user-friendly reversible Type-A and Type-C connectors that have only copper wire connections. They are faster in speed, with the capability of much more bandwidth, longer transmission distance, lighter weight, water proof with corrosion resistance, better data security, immunity to electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and generating no EMI noise, lower cost, less wear and tear for longer life, better safety with non-conductive connectors, and much more.

Optical fiber connectors configured to allow ease of change of the connector polarity by providing lockable outer housing. In an embodiment, an optical fiber connector comprises an inner housing, at least one key configured to move along the inner housing so as to change a polarity of said optical fiber connector, and an outer housing disposed around at least a portion of the inner housing and configured to slide in a longitudinal direction so as to expose at least a portion of said at least one key, wherein the outer housing includes a flexible portion configured to lock to the inner housing so as to retain the outer housing in a pulled back position relative to the inner housing.

A communication module inserted into and removed from a slot provided in a communication device, the communication module includes a communication cable, a casing disposed at an end of the communication cable and capable of being inserted into and removed from the slot, a latch arm slidable along the casing, and a grip portion extending from the casing. When the latch arm is operated so as to slide, an engagement between the casing and the slot is released, and the grip portion is connected to the latch arm such that the latch arm can be operated so as to slide, and the grip portion also has rigidity so as not to be bent by a weight of the casing.

An interconnect system is provided that involves pre-installing a connector housing an optical connector in an adapter and a ferrule of the same optical connector on a cable. The ferrule terminates one or more groups of optical fibers, and a ferrule push component is also pre-installed on the same group(s) of optical fibers. The connector housing is configured to receive and retain the ferrule and ferrule push component without being removed from the adapter to simultaneously form the optical connector and install the optical connector in the adapter. Embodiments such an interconnect system involving high fiber-count cables and related installation methods involving many optical connections are disclosed.

A fiber optic connector includes a ferrule, an insert body, a tail sleeve and two core heads. The ferrule includes an outer frame, and an operating handle extending rearwardly from the outer frame. The outer frame is formed with an inserted opening open along a front-rear direction and two limiting slots open along a left-right direction and spaced apart from each other along the left-right direction. The insert body is detachably inserted into the ferrule and includes two protrusion units protruding away from each other along the left-right direction and respectively movable in the limiting slots.