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AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsRichard Joseph Pimpinella, Randy Alan Reagan
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A device and method for connecting an optical switch to the optical fibers that terminate on a fiber distribution shelf within a fiber administration system. The optical switch device contains a support plate that is shaped essentially the same as the protective cover of fiber distribution shelf. As such, the support plate of the optical switch device can be joined to a specific fiber distribution shelf by substituting the support plate for the protective cover. An optical switch is affixed to the support plate, wherein the optical switch is sized not to extend beyond the peripheral boundaries of the support plate. As a result, when the support plate is placed over a fiber distribution shelf, the optical switch joined to the support plate does not obscure any other fiber distribution shelf in the fiber administration system.
In an optical fiber administration system having a frame structure and at least one fiber distribution shelf disposed within said frame structure, wherein said at least one fiber distribution shelf contains a plurality of optical connectors that are accessible through an open end of said shelf, an optical switch device comprising:
In an optical fiber administration system having a frame structure and at least one fiber distribution shelf disposed within said frame structure, wherein said at least one fiber distribution shelf contains a plurality of optical connectors that are accessible through an open end of said shelf and said open end of said shelf is covered with a protective panel, a method of connecting an optical switch to said plurality of optical connectors comprising the steps of:
In an optical fiber administration system having a frame structure and a plurality of fiber distribution shelves disposed within said frame structure, wherein each fiber distribution shelf contains a plurality of optical fiber connectors that are accessible through an open end of said fiber distribution shelf and said open end of said fiber distribution shelf is covered with a protective panel, a method of testing optical fibers that lead to said optical fiber connectors, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.