Connectors for Composite Fiber Optic/Coaxial Cables and Related Connectorized Cables and Methods
US-2015030290-A1 · Jan 29, 2015 · US
Hybrid optical fiber and copper conductor cable assembly
US10215934B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-10215934-B2 |
| Application number | US-201815910119-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | Mar 3, 2017 |
| Publication date | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2019 |
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A connector assembly has a male portion and a female portion. The male portion has a pair of electrical contacts and ends of a pair of plastic optical fibers attached. The female portion has a set of through-holes configured to accept the electrical contacts of the male portion and the ends of the plastic optical fibers attached to the male portion such that the plastic optical fibers of the male portion abut plastic optical fibers secured to the female portion within the through-holes of the female portion. In one embodiment, the male portion has a cylindrical shroud configured to accept a cylindrical protrusion on the female portion. The female portion also has a nut rotatably attached with internal threads configured to engage external threads located on the cylindrical shroud of the male portion.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising a male portion, the male portion having a housing, ends a pair of plastic optical fibers attached thereto and a pair of electrical contacts, and a female portion, the female portion having a female housing with two pairs of through-holes wherein the first pair of through-holes are configured to accept the electrical contacts of the male portion and the second pair of through holes are configured to accept the ends of the plastic optical fibers of the male portion such that they abut plastic optical fibers secured to the female portion within the through-holes of the female portion, wherein the plastic optical fibers of the male portion are secured to the male housing via crimp sleeves attached to a jacket of the plastic optical fiber, and endplate secured to the housing and compression springs secured to the crimp sleeves and located between the crimp sleeves and the endplate. 2. The connector of claim 1 wherein the female portion further comprises a cylindrical protrusion and a nut surrounding the cylindrical protrusion and rotatably secured to the female housing, the male portion includes a cylindrical shroud configured to accept the cylindrical protrusion of the female housing and further wherein the male portion has external threads on the cylindrical shroud configured to engage the internal threads of the nut.
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with axial spring biasing or loading means (G02B6/3847 takes precedence) · CPC title
Heterogeneous cables · CPC title
Crimping, i.e. involving plastic deformation · CPC title
- G02B6/3894Primary
Screw-lock type · CPC title
containing optical and electrical conductors (cables including electrical and optical conductors H01B11/22; G02B6/3816 takes precedence) · CPC title
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- What does patent US10215934B2 cover?
- A connector assembly has a male portion and a female portion. The male portion has a pair of electrical contacts and ends of a pair of plastic optical fibers attached. The female portion has a set of through-holes configured to accept the electrical contacts of the male portion and the ends of the plastic optical fibers attached to the male portion such that the plastic optical fibers of the ma…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Panduit Corp
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G02B6/3894. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Feb 26 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).