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Hybrid fiber/copper connector system and method

US7798725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

M'hamed Anis Khemakhem · Minnetonka, US
Jeffrey Louis Peters · Eagan, US
Duane Sand · Brooklyn Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2008
Grant date	Sep 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/44528
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 hybrid fiber/copper connector including cable management within the connector housing. A method of assembling a hybrid fiber/copper connector.

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