US 12,072,536 B2
Restraining mechanisms and method for restricting component movement during curing for a fiber optic connector
Jason Higley, Hickory, NC (US); Michael E. Hughes, Hickory, NC (US); Darrell R. Childers, Hickory, NC (US); and Shubhrangshu Sengupta, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/635,008
Filed by US Conec, Ltd, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/047526
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/041262, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,031, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291457 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3821 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3861 (2013.01); G02B 6/3878 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for a fiber optic connector having two fiber optic ferrules and two springs comprising:
a main body with a central opening for receiving from a rear end the two fiber optic ferrules and two springs, one of the springs being disposed behind each of the two ferrules; and
a restraining mechanism engageable with the two springs, wherein the restraining mechanism is configured to prevent movement of the two springs relative to the fiber optic ferrules and the housing during curing of an epoxy inserted into the fiber optic connector.