Patent ID: 11940657
Assignee: US CONEC LTD.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A backplane for mating a plurality of fiber optic connectors, the backplane comprising:
a first side facing a printed circuit board and adjacent thereto;
a second side opposite the first side; and
at least one cutout to receive at least one backplane adapter thereat,
wherein the at least one backplane adapter has a main body, the main body being rectangular and having a top and a bottom separated by two opposite side walls to define an opening in the main body for accepting the pair of fiber optic connectors and positioned such that a portion of the main body is on the first side and another portion of the main body is on the second side, the portion of the main body facing the printed circuit board further comprising:
an outer stop surface configured to engage a stop portion on a fiber optic connector housing of a fiber optic connector operably coupled to the printed circuit board,
an alignment passageway within the main body of the backplane adapter to receive an alignment feature on the fiber optic connector housing, the alignment passageway having a length that is longer than a length of the alignment feature and the alignment passageway has a different width on the top than on the bottom inside the opening, and
wherein the stop portion of the fiber optic connector housing engaging the outer stop surface before a front end of the alignment feature engages an internal portion of the backplane adapter.