US 12,204,153 B2
Mechanical connector with cable retention feature
Nicholas V. Claver, Liverpool, NY (US); William Crawford, Syracuse, NY (US); Peter Carapella, Fayetteville, NY (US); and Brian Honsinger, Baldwinsville, NY (US)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/109,698.
Application 18/109,698 is a continuation of application No. 17/118,600, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,579,380.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,966, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194796 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3894 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3887 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic connector configured to be mechanically coupled with a fiber optic cable without having to use a crimping tool comprising:
a body portion including a forward body portion, a rearward body portion, a coupler engaging body portion located between the forward body portion and the rearward body portion, a cable engaging body portion that is configured to engage a fiber optic cable, and an inner body surface that includes an annularly-extending body ridge portion that is configured to axially engage a circumferential groove of the fiber optic cable so as to prevent relative axial movement between the fiber optic cable and the connector;
a coupling portion including a body engaging coupler portion that is configured to be coupled with the coupler engaging body portion and a strain relief coupler receiving portion that is configured to receive a strain relief portion;
wherein the rearward body portion includes a rearwardly extending body finger portion that extends from a tubular wall of the rearward body portion toward a rearward direction away from the forward body portion; and
wherein the coupling portion includes a rearward and radially tapered inner diameter coupler-to-cable engagement portion that is tapered radially inward toward the rearward direction away from the forward body potion and is configured to engage and radially compress the rearwardly extending body finger portion onto an outer jacket of a fiber optic cable so as to clamp the outer jacket such that the annularly-extending body ridge portion is received in the circumferential groove of the fiber optic cable when the coupling portion is coupled with the coupler engaging body portion so as to mechanically couple the body portion with the fiber optic cable without having to use a crimping tool.