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Traceable patch cable and connector assembly and method for identifying patch cable ends

  • US 20050052174A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2003
  • Published: 03/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A traceable patch cable used to transmit signals from a receptacle to another receptacle comprising:

  • a cable; and

    two connectors disposed on opposite ends of said cable;

    wherein said cable comprises at least one electrical wire for transmitting signals and an optical fiber for transmitting light, said connectors terminate said at least electrical wire therein so that the at least one electrical wire can be electrically connected to at least a terminal in a corresponding said receptacles, at least a first of the two connectors defines a passage and terminates a first end of the optical fiber opposite to the passage, a second of the two connectors forms an illuminating member thereon and terminates a second end of the optical fiber therein with a predetermined distance left between the illuminating member and the second end of the optical fiber, when a light beam shines through the passage of the first connector at a first end of the patch cable, the light travels through the optical fiber from a first end to a second end thereof, the light exiting from the second end of the optical fiber irradiates the illuminating member of the second connector at a second end of the patch cable, and thus the illuminating member luminesces for identification.

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