Patent · US Expired

Distributor system and method for fibre optic cables

US7460757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

12Claims

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Assignee

ADC GmbH · DE

Inventors

Elke Hoehne · Stahnsdorf, DE
Klaus-Dieter Klein · Oberkochen, DE
Steffen Laurisch · Grünheide, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2003
Grant date	Dec 2, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4455
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for coupling fiber optic cables. Said device comprises at least one module, which is equipped with at least one retaining unit for retaining at least two cassettes. The invention is characterized in that: a cassette is configured with at least one coupling element; at least one strand bundle can be fixed to the module, whereby said strand bundle can be split into at least two strands comprising at least one fiber optic cable; an excess length of strand can be retained by a cassette, the fiber optic cable or cables being connected to the coupling element and the cassette together with its retained strand being detachably connected to the retaining unit.

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