US 12,265,267 B2
Angle polishing systems and methods for multi-ferrule optical connectors
Daniel M. Smith, Westerly, RI (US); Ryan J. Grandidge, Wakefield, RI (US); Thomas Knychalski, Wakefield, RI (US); and Robert E. Abel, East Lyme, CT (US)
Assigned to Legrand DPC, LLC, West Hartford, CT (US)
Filed by Ortronics, Inc., New London, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,193.
Application 17/887,193 is a division of application No. 16/684,899, filed on Nov. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,448,833.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390687 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); B24B 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3871 (2013.01) [B24B 9/06 (2013.01); G02B 6/3863 (2013.01); G02B 6/387 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for angle polishing of ferrules, the device comprising:
a sleeving element including an interior configured to receive at least two ferrules of a connector, the at least two ferrules including a first ferrule and a second ferrule; and
an offset feature disposed within the interior of the sleeving element, the offset feature configured to engage the first ferrule or the second ferrule to move the first or second ferrule against a bias of a spring associated with the first or second ferrule;
wherein engagement of the first ferrule or the second ferrule with the offset feature results in a coplanar orientation of end faces of the first and second ferrules along a plane angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the connector.