US 12,461,316 B2
Fiber optic adapter conversion system
Marc De Mesmaeker, Leuven (BE); Neil Stewart Bird, Aarschot (BE); and Peter Stockmans, Aarschot (BE)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,314.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,013, filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0161111 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3849 (2013.01); G02B 6/3874 (2013.01); G02B 6/3894 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
a housing having an interior and an exterior, the housing including a housing wall defining a first adapter mounting opening that extends between the interior and the exterior of the housing, the first adapter mounting opening having a first form factor corresponding to a first type of fiber optic adapter;
a converter secured within the first adapter mounting opening, the converter including a converter plate defining a second adapter mounting opening having a second form factor corresponding to a second type of fiber optic adapter;
a first seal surrounding the first adapter mounting opening, the first seal being compressed between the converter and the housing wall;
a fiber optic adapter of the second type secured within the second adapter mounting opening, the fiber optic adapter of the second type including an adapter body defining an exterior adapter flange and an exterior port for receiving a fiber optic connector at the exterior of the housing, wherein the converter plate is clamped between the exterior adapter flange and a turnable fiber optic adapter fastening arrangement, the fiber optic adapter of the second type including a ferrule alignment sleeve mounted within the adapter body for receiving a ferrule of the fiber optic connector when the fiber optic connector is installed in the exterior port; and
a second seal surrounding the second adapter mounting opening, the second seal being compressed between the exterior adapter flange and the converter plate, when the converter plate is clamped between the exterior adapter flange and the turnable fiber optic adapter fastener arrangement.