Fiber optic connector with fiber end protection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9759869
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14971444

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The present disclosure relates to fiber optic connection systems including fiber optic connector having retractable noses for protecting bare fiber ends of ferrule-less connectors. In certain examples, the retractable noses are used in combination with protective shutters. In other examples, the retractable noses can accommodate multiple optical fibers.

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COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE SE HICKORY NC 28602

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Bervoets, Marc Eugène Willem Hasselt, BE 14 28
Erdman, David Donald Hummelstown, US 40 792
Flaig, Robert Charles Lancaster, US 58 581
Paul, Randall Bobby Elizabethville, US 30 214
Schaible, Gregory J Lakeville, US 29 327
Verheyden, Danny Willy August Gelrode, BE 93 879
Zitsch, Michael Ward Carlisle, US 11 75

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