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US 2004/0165851 A1Published application
Optical fiber closure having improved optical fiber connection and tracing features
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorBassel H. Daoud
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Abstract
Optical fiber closure having improved optical fiber connection and tracing features is described. The optical fiber closure supports a plurality of optical connector panels, each of which includes a plurality of receptacles respectively associated with a first plurality of indicia that is identical for each of the plurality of optical connector panels.
Claims18
An optical fiber closure, comprising:
- a housing including a partition having a frame surrounding a central opening;
- a plurality of optical connector panels supported in the frame, each of the plurality of optical connector panels including a plurality of receptacles for supporting optical connectors and a first plurality of indicia respectively associated with the plurality of receptacles;
- the frame including a second plurality of indicia respectively associated with the plurality of optical connector panels.
An optical connector panel, comprising:
- a body including a top, a bottom, and opposing sides;
- a fixed latch member integral with the body and proximate one of the top and the bottom;
- a flexible latch member integral with the body and proximate the other of the top and the bottom;
- a plurality of receptacles for supporting optical connectors, the plurality of receptacles disposed along a longitudinal axis of the body nearer one of the opposing sides than the other of the opposing sides;
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- a plurality of indicia respectively associated with the plurality of receptacles, the plurality of indicia disposed along the longitudinal axis of the body proximate the plurality of receptacles.
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An optical tracing circuit adapted to be supported by an optical connector panel, the optical tracing circuit comprising:
- a circuit portion having a plurality of switches and a plurality of visual indicator devices respectively associated with the plurality of switches, each one of the plurality of switches being disposed on the circuit portion at an angle to an adjacent one of the plurality of switches, the circuit portion adapted to be supported on a face of an optical connector panel;
- a flexible circuit board coupled to the circuit portion, the flexible circuit board including an electrical connector for coupling the optical tracing circuit to an optical tracing module;
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- a plurality of indicia respectively associated with the plurality of switches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.