Fiber optic cable assembly for interconnecting optical fibers within a receptacle mounted within the wall of an enclosure
CA 2222237 A1 · Owner: Giebel, Markus A. · Inventors: Wolfe, Douglas E.; Giebel, Markus A.; Theuerkorn, Thomas
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The fiber optic interconnection apparatus includes a receptacle mounted at least partially within a wall of an enclosure, such as an optical network unit, a network interface device or a splice closure and a fiber optic cable assembly for mating with the receptacle. By mating the fiber optic cable assembly with the receptacle in a predetermined aligned manner one or more optical fibers of the fiber optic cable on which the fiber optic cable assembly is mounted can be optically interconnected with respective optical fibers held by the receptacle which extend through the receptacle and into the enclosure. Since the optical fibers which extend through the receptacle and into the enclosure may …
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- Filed November 25, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 25, 2017.
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