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Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method

US7520678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18References

2Claims

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

M'hamed Anis Khemakhem · Minnetonka, US
Dean Michael Rosenthal · West St. Paul, US
Duane Sand · Brooklyn Park, US
Jeffery Louis Peters · Eagan, US
Joy McKnight · Carver, US
Ross Heggestad · Apple Valley, US
Patrick Nault · Carver, US
Foad Abdulkadir Mohamed Ahmed · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2007
Grant date	Apr 21, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/5205
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A junction box and hybrid fiber optic cable connector which permit repair of damaged fibers or copper conductors carried by a hybrid fiber/copper cable without requiring replacement of the entire cable assembly or retermination of the cable. A method of repairing a hybrid fiber/copper cable and connector.

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