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US 2016/0103285 A1Published application
Connector modules having optical connectors moveable between a retracted position and an extended position
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsGeorge D. Megason, Kevin B. Leigh, David W. Sherrod
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Abstract
A plurality of connector modules are mounted to a support frame. The connector modules have respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, where the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules.
Claims18
A connector infrastructure comprising:
- a support frame comprising a plurality of first slots and a second slot, the second slot extending in a direction generally perpendicular to a direction of the first slots;
- a plurality of connector modules mounted to the support frame and having respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, wherein the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position along respective slots of the first slots, and wherein the optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules;
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- a further connector module slideable between a first position and a second position along the second slot.
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A system comprising:
- a first connector infrastructure comprising:
- a support frame;
- a plurality of connector modules mounted to the support frame and having respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, wherein the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position along a first direction, and wherein the optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules;
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- a further connector module mounted to the support frame, wherein the further connector module has an optical connector and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position along a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a second connector infrastructure having a connector module to optically connect to the optical connector of the further connector module.
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A method of assembling a connector infrastructure, comprising:
- providing a support frame;
- mounting a plurality of connector modules to the support frame, the connector modules having respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, wherein the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position along respective first slots of the support frame, the first slots extending in a first direction, and wherein the optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules;
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- mounting a further connector module to the support frame, the further connector module moveable along a second slot between a retracted position and an extended position, the second slot extending in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.