Ingress protected, outdoor rated adapter and method of assembly to an outdoor connector
An outdoor rated ingress protected one-piece adapter with a first and second end. First end accepts a fiber optic adapter configured to accept a LC, SN, CS, SC or MPO fiber ferrule assembly. A second end accepts a cable gland assembly that secures a cable therein. The first end is configured to accept an outdoor rated connector having a fiber connector therein. The connector/adapter assembly is rated for outdoor use.
1. An ingress protected outdoor rated adapter comprising:
an adapter body having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end along an axis, the first end being in front of the second end along the axis, the adapter body configured to receive a cable such that the cable enters the adapter body through the second end, the adapter body having an opening through the first end;
a coupling member coupled to the adapter body at the second end and be configured to form an environmental seal at the second end about the cable;
a fiber optic adapter positioned within the adapter body and retained by the adapter body such that relative rotation between the fiber optic adapter and the adapter body is inhibited, the fiber optic adapter having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end along the axis, the first end of the fiber optic adapter defining at least one receptacle with an open end exposed through the opening through the first end of the adapter body, the fiber optic adapter configured to accept an internal fiber optic connector of a mating outdoor rated connector as a plug into the receptacle, the second end of the fiber optic adapter configured to receive at least one optical fiber from the cable secured at the second end of the adapter body, the fiber optic adapter configured the align the internal fiber optic connector accepted in the at least one receptacle with the optical fiber from the cable such that an optical connection is made between the internal fiber optic connector and the at least one optical fiber from the cable;
and wherein the adapter body is configured to mate with the outdoor rated connector at the first end whereby the ingress protected outdoor rated adapter mates the internal fiber optic connector of the outdoor rated connector with the receptacle of the fiber optic adapter;
wherein the adapter body comprises a locking groove adjacent the first end configured to facilitate rotational coupling of the ingress protected outdoor rated adapter to the outdoor rated connector.
2. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter body includes a thread at the second end.
3. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling member is a coupling nut.
4. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the least one fiber optic adapter is selected from a group consisting of LC, SC, SN, CS and MPO type fiber optic adapters.
5. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the outdoor rated connector comprises coupling nut including a locking groove pin configured to be movably received in the locking groove to secure the outdoor rated connector using the locking groove pin.
6. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic adapter further comprises at least one latch, and further wherein the adapter body has a receiving surface to accept and lock the fiber optic adapter within the adapter body.
7. The ingress protected outdoor rated adapter according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling member includes at least one tubing.