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Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method

US7490994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32Claims

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jarrod Scadden · Waconia, US
M'hamed Anis Khemakhem · Minnetonka, US
Jeffrey Louis Peters · Eagan, US
Kenneth Allen Skluzacek · Belle Plaine, US
Wayne M. Kachmar · North Bennington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 13, 2007
Grant date	Feb 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3879
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly which permits repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire connector assembly or the cable is disclosed. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from one gender to a different gender. The hybrid fiber/copper connector assembly disclosed also allows the individual hybrid fiber/copper connectors of the assembly to be converted from being hybrid fiber/copper connectors to being only fiber connectors or only copper connectors.

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