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Optical connector retainer panel and system

  • US 6,526,210 B1
  • Filed: 06/27/2000
  • Issued: 02/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector retainer panel for use in fiber optic communications, comprising:

  • a planar frame having a front surface and a back surface;

    the fame defining a plural number of adapter openings, the plural number being a positive integer power of 2 and corresponding to a register size of a hardware and a software structure for use in controlling and monitoring said fiber optic communications;

    each of the adapter openings being adapted to releasably receive at least one connector adapter in a vertical orientation, the at least one connector adapter being selected from a plurality of types of connector adapters, each of the plurality of types of connector adapters having one or more sets of two ports, each port being adapted to releasably secure a set of first and second mating connectors; and

    the adapter openings being disposed within the frame in a side-by-side orientation.

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