Means for keeping keying elements with a connector assembly
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1. A connector assembly comprising:
- an optical fiber connector, a keying element receiving passage in the connector, the connector being adapted with keying elements for use one at a time in the passage, and means applied to the connector for keeping the keying elements with the connector assembly while they are not being used in the passage.
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Abstract
Means 1 in the form of a cover for a connector assembly 86, a skirt 2'"'"' of the cover encircling a front end 4 of the connector assembly 86, connecting means 7 for connecting the cover to the connector assembly 86 when the skirt 2'"'"' is removed from the front end 4, internal webs 9, 9 of the cover lodged in a gap 29 in the front end 4 to retaini the cover on the front end 4, and pockets 11, 11, 11 external to the skirt 2'"'"' frictionally receiving the keying elements 94, 94'"'"', 94" in the absence of any one of the keying elements 94, 94'"'"', 94" in the connector assembly 86.
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1. A connector assembly comprising:
- an optical fiber connector, a keying element receiving passage in the connector, the connector being adapted with keying elements for use one at a time in the passage, and means applied to the connector for keeping the keying elements with the connector assembly while they are not being used in the passage.
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