US 12,298,569 B2
Guide pin holder for guide pins in an adapter
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US); Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US); and Craig M. Conrad, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/292,415
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/061396
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/102489, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/767,347, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0011526 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3882 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guide pin retainer for an adapter to align two fiber optic ferrules comprising:
a central body having an opening configured to allow two fiber optic ferrules to mate therethrough, the opening having a longitudinal axis therethrough;
a first guide pin holder in communication with the opening on a first side of the central body to engage a first guide pin;
a second guide pin holder in communication with the opening on a second side of the central body to engage a second guide pin;
a third guide pin holder spaced from the first guide pin holder along the longitudinal axis to engage the first guide pin; and
a fourth guide pin holder spaced from the second guide pin holder along the longitudinal axis to engage the second guide pin.