Patent ID: 11892689
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A fiber optic connector comprising:
a connector body having an interface end;
a latch mechanism carried with the connector body and engaged by a rail of a fiber optic adapter to move the latching mechanism from a latching position to a release position as the fiber optic connector is inserted in the fiber optic adapter; and
a shutter mounted at the interface end of the connector body, the shutter being movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the latch mechanism retains the shutter in the closed position when in the latching position and the shutter is released from the closed position to the open position when the latch mechanism is in the release position, and wherein a lever actuator of the shutter to move the shutter is engaged by an actuation post of the fiber optic adapter to move the shutter from the closed position to the open position as the fiber optic connector is inserted into the port.