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Electronic apparatus

US6644866B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1999
Grant dateNov 11, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4478
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an optical connector adapting unit to which optical connectors of external optical fibers are connected. The optical connector adapting unit includes a plurality of optical connector adapters which are diagonally arranged on the front side of the apparatus. The optical connectors of the external optical fibers are diagonally detachable from the optical connector adapters. In this electronic apparatus, a large number of optical connectors of optical fibers can be connected and arranged in a restricted space.

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