Method and apparatus for protecting fiber optic connectors
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorCharles Adam Pattisall
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Abstract
A protective device for an optical coupling located in an enclosure defined at least in part by spaced first and second planes. The optical coupling is located nearer to the first plane than to the second plane. The protective device includes a closure configured to engage the coupling, and a handle having a first end coupled to the closure to permit manipulation of the closure by manipulation of the handle, and a second end. The length of the device is such that, when the closure engages the coupling, the second end is nearer to the second plane than to the first plane.
Claims20
A protective device for an optical coupling located in an enclosure defined at least in part by spaced first and second planes, the optical coupling located nearer to the first plane than to the second plane, the protective device including a closurc configured to engage the coupling, and a handle having a first end coupled to the closure to permit manipulation of the closure by manipulation of the handle, and a second end, the length of the device being such that, when the closure engages the coupling, the second end is nearer to the second plane than to the first plane.
A protective device for an optical coupling located in an enclosure, the enclosure defined at least in part by an enclosure front and an enclosure back, the optical coupling mounted at the back of the enclosure, the protective device including a closure configured to engage the coupling, and a handle having a first end coupled to the closure to permit manipulation of the closure by manipulation of the handle, and a second end, the length of the device being such that the closure can be manipulated to engage the optical coupling by manipulation of the second end from adjacent the front of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.