US 12,276,848 B2
Multi-port uniboot connector for multi-fiber plug housings
Mitchell Cloud, Hickory, NC (US); Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US); and Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/780,717
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066160
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127531, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,718, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012292 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/38875 (2021.05) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/3831 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-port uniboot connector for multi-fiber plug housings, comprising:
a plurality of plug housings separated at a pitch, each plug housing accommodating at least two fibers;
a common uniboot housing attached to a rear part of the plurality of plug housings, the common uniboot housing having a plurality of spring pushes integrally formed with the common uniboot housing, one of the plurality of spring pushes for each of the respective plurality of plug housings;
a push-pull boot attached to a rear part of the common uniboot housing, the push-pull boot having a central opening for aggregating the at least two fibers, and
a slidable latch simultaneously coupled to one or more of the plurality of plug housings, to the common uniboot housing, and to the push-pull boot.