IP Library Granted Patent US 7,004,779
Granted Patent B2
US 7,004,779 · App. 10/720,194 · Granted Feb 28, 2006

Device for hooking/unhooking LC connectors

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Patent No.
US 7,004,779
App. No.
10/720,194
Granted
Feb 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Device for hooking/unhooking connectors of the LC type, comprising a slide SL which, in order to unhook the LC connector, is pushed from the front side and presses a retaining latch of the LC connector.

Claims (18)

1. Device for hooking/unhooking at least one connector of the LC type, the connector to be inserted in a socket placed in a front panel of an electronic module, and the connector comprising a retaining latch for engagement in the socket,

wherein said device comprises a slide with a “V” shaped protrusion, said slide being placed in a front side of the module aside the socket, in such a position as by pushing the slide from the front side of the module, said “V” shaped protrusion pressing said retaining latch and the connector becoming unhooked; and

wherein the device further comprises a spring in a rear part of the slide, connected to the slide and to the electronic module, said spring pushing back the slide in a rest position when released.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the slide is guided in an aperture guide on the front side of the electronic module, close to the socket.

3. Electronic module comprising a device according to claim 1 .

4. A device for hooking/unhooking at least one LC type connector having a retaining latch, comprising:

a socket placed in a front panel of an electronic module, said socket engaging with the connector by the retaining latch when the connector is inserted into the socket; and

a slide with a protrusion placed in a front side of the module aside the socket, the slide being positioned such that by pushing the slide from the front side of the module, the protrusion presses the retaining latch, and the connector is unhooked from the socket; and

wherein the device further comprises a spring provided in a rear part of the slide, said spring connected to the slide and to the electronic module, wherein said spring biases the slide to a rest position when the connector is released.

5. The device according to claim 4 , further comprising an aperture guide on the front side of the electronic module close to the socket, wherein the slide is guided in the aperture guide.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the protrusion is a “V” shaped protrusion.

7. The device according to claim 6 , further comprising an aperture guide on the front side of the electronic module close to the socket, wherein the slide is guided in the aperture guide.

8. A connector system, including:

the device for hooking/unhooking the at least one LC type connector of claim 6 ; and

the at least one LC type connector.

9. The system according to claim 8 , further comprising an aperture guide on the front side of the electronic module close to the socket, wherein the slide is guided in the aperture guide.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the protrusion is a “V” shaped protrusion.

11. The system according to claim 10 , further comprising an aperture guide on the front side of the electronic module close to the socket, wherein the slide is guided in the aperture guide.

Assignments (10)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2023
From: RPX CORPORATION
To: BARINGS FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063429/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC
To: RPX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059352/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: NOKIA US HOLDINGS INC.
To: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP HOLDINGS LLC; PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 058363/0723 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKETS SERVICES LLC
To: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP HOLDINGS LLC; PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 058983/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 14, 2019
From: NOKIA USA INC.
To: NOKIA US HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 048370/0682 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 14, 2019
From: ALCATEL
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 048329/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2017
From: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY; NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS BV; ALCATEL LUCENT SAS
To: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 043877/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2017
From: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC; PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC
To: NOKIA USA INC.
Reel/Frame 043879/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2017
From: PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC; PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP, LLC
To: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 043967/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2003
From: OREGLIO, MAURIZIO; CRIPPA, ROBERTO
To: ALCATEL
Reel/Frame 014738/0246 →