Secure SC optical fiber connector and removal tools

摘要

An optical fiber connector plug having an anti-snag guide to prevent the plug from being caught on corners and edges when an attached cable is being pulled around corners and edges during installation and removal of the optical fiber connector plug. The optical fiber connector plug includes a unique arrangement of different width apertures corresponding to a removal tool having corresponding different width prongs to be received by the apertures to release the optical fiber connector plug from a coupling adapter.

主权项

1. An optical fiber connector plug, comprising:
a body having a front and a rear; a back panel connected to the rear of the body, said back panel including a plurality of apertures for receiving prongs of a removal tool; a channel adjacent to each aperture for receiving a prong of a removal tool through an aperture and guiding the direction of the prong via the channel; and wherein one of the plurality of apertures in the back panel has a different configuration than another of the plurality of apertures in the back panel to form a keyed configuration, thereby requiring a removal tool having prongs matching the keyed configuration to pass through all the plurality of apertures on the back panel.