US 11,789,217 B2
Springless retention structure for an ingress protected hybrid connector assembly
Kazuyoshi Takano, Tokyo (JP); Jeffrey Gniadek, Oxford, ME (US); and Paul Newbury, Ashland, MA (US)
Assigned to Senko Advanced Components, Inc, Hudson, MA (US)
Filed by Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,353.
Application 17/670,353 is a continuation of application No. 16/654,767, filed on Oct. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,275,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,423, filed on Oct. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163735 A1, May 26, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3891 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3847 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retention structure for securing two dissimilar fiber optic devices to form a hybrid assembly comprising:
a protrusion on a surface of first fiber optic device;
a slot on a corresponding surface of a second fiber optic device;
said slot has an opening at a first end and is closed at second end;
an apex positioned along an inner surface of said slot; and
wherein the first fiber optic device and the second fiber optic device are configured to be mated along a longitudinal axis to form the hybrid assembly;
wherein the apex is sized and shaped to allow said protrusion to pass beyond said apex forming the hybrid assembly;
wherein the slot extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis from the apex to the closed end.