US 11,892,685 B2
Fiber optic adapter
Kenji Iizumi, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuyoshi Takano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US)
Filed by Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,403, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091344 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3849 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic adapter comprising:
an adapter housing having two opposing sidewalls and defining a channel therebetween to receive a fiber optic connector having one or more ferrules; and
a first shutter and a second shutter attached to opposing sidewalls of the adapter housing, each of the first and second shutters having a first member and a second member, the first member configured to extend into the channel,
wherein the first members of the first and second shutters are sized and shaped to cooperatively close the channel, at least one of the first members being resiliently movable upon insertion of the fiber optic connector into the channel to open the channel, and each second member is configured to be secured to each of the sidewalls of the adapter housing and extend outside of the channel.