18385763. EXTENDER PORTS HAVING ROTATABLE END CAPS AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME (CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION)

EXTENDER PORTS HAVING ROTATABLE END CAPS AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME

Organization Name

CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Micah Colen Isenhour of Lincolnton NC US

Zachary Michael Thompson of Austin TX US

EXTENDER PORTS HAVING ROTATABLE END CAPS AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18385763 titled 'EXTENDER PORTS HAVING ROTATABLE END CAPS AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME

Original Abstract Submitted

An extender port for optically coupling a first fiber optic connector and a second fiber optic connector includes a housing having a first end, a second end, a first passageway, and a second passageway. The extender port also includes a first lock assembly and a second lock assembly that each include a shuttle disposed on an inner surface of the housing within one of the first passageway and the second passageway. The shuttle includes a slot, a latch includes a pivot end and a latching end. The latch is coupled to the shuttle such that the pivot end is disposed within the slot of the shuttle. The first and second lock assemblies include an end cap rotationally disposed within one of the first passageway and the second passageway and includes a body, an end cap passageway within the body, a release arm, and a lock arm.