Optical fiber array connectivity system with indicia to facilitate connectivity in four orientations for dual functionality
First Claim
1. A fan-out unit for an optical fiber transmission system, comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
a faceplate with a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and configured to received a mating optical fiber;
wherein the faceplate includes a first visual indicia associated with the ports that indicates an arrangement in which mating optical fibers are to be inserted into the ports, the first visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either a first horizontal orientation or a first vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in a second horizontal orientation that is inverted from the first horizontal orientation or a second vertical orientation that is inverted from the first vertical orientation.
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Abstract
A fan-out unit for a data communication system includes: a plurality of optical fibers; and a faceplate with a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and configured to received a mating optical fiber. The faceplate includes a first visual indicia associated with the ports that indicates an arrangement in which mating optical fibers are to be inserted into the ports, the first visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either a first horizontal orientation or a first vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in a second horizontal orientation that is inverted from the first horizontal orientation or a second vertical orientation that is inverted from the first vertical orientation.
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23 Claims
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1. A fan-out unit for an optical fiber transmission system, comprising:
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a plurality of optical fibers;
a faceplate with a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and configured to received a mating optical fiber;
wherein the faceplate includes a first visual indicia associated with the ports that indicates an arrangement in which mating optical fibers are to be inserted into the ports, the first visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either a first horizontal orientation or a first vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in a second horizontal orientation that is inverted from the first horizontal orientation or a second vertical orientation that is inverted from the first vertical orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A data communication system, comprising:
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first and second transceivers;
first and second fan-out units, each of which includes a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the first fan-out unit is optically connected with the first transceiver via a first pair of optical patch cords, and the second fan-out unit is optically connected with the second transceiver via a second pair of optical patch cords;
first and second adapters connected with, respectively, the first and second fan-out units; and
a fiber optic trunk cable comprising;
a plurality of generally parallel optical fibers extending in a longitudinal direction and having first and second ends;
a termination assembly attached at each of the first and second ends of the fibers, each of the termination assemblies connected with, respectively, the first and second adapters;
wherein each of the first and second fan-out units includes a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and with a respective one of the patch cords, and wherein each of the first and second fan-out units includes visual indicia that indicates an arrangement in which the patch cords are to be inserted into the ports, the visual indicia indicating that the second fan-out unit is to be optically inverted relative to the first fan-out unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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