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Managed fiber connectivity systems

  • US 9,684,134 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2015
  • Issued: 06/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fiber optic connector comprising:

  • a connector body configured to terminate at least one optical fiber, the connector body defining a key area that defines a cavity, the cavity including an outer ledge, the outer ledge being interrupted by surfaces recessed from the outer ledge; and

    a storage device mounted to the connector body at the key area, the storage device being seated on the outer ledge within the cavity at the key area, the storage device including memory configured to store physical layer information, the storage device also including at least one contact member that is electrically connected to the memory, the contact member being configured to engage with a contact of a media reading interface of an adapter when the connector body is slid into a passage of the adapter.

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