Patent ID: 11971588
Assignee: US CONEC LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A carrier to hold at least two fiber optic connectors, the carrier comprising:
a main body extending between a front end and a rear end and having an opening extending therebetween formed by a top, a bottom and two side walls,
wherein the top, the bottom, and the two side walls define a generally rectangular perimeter of the main body; and
at least two channels within the opening to respectively receive at least two fiber-optic connectors, each of the at least two fiber optic connectors having a housing with a length along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end of the housing, and a rectangular cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the main body at least partially covering the housing,
wherein the top has a surface configured to retain the at least two fiber optic connectors,
wherein the housing of each of the at least two fiber-optic connectors protrudes forward of the front end of the main body of the carrier, and
wherein the carrier is configured to insert or remove the at least two fiber optic connectors into or from, respectively, a telecommunications structure without entering the telecommunications structure.