Back-to-back receptacle
First Claim
1. A system for providing selective interconnection between a first optic fibre and a second optic fibre, the system comprising:
- a set of receptacles, each receptacle comprising a pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets, each of said sockets conforming substantially to a standard and each socket in said pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets comprising a receptacle keying part configured to a same one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries, said receptacle keying part for each receptacle in said set of receptacles being different;
a set of connector plugs, each plug in said set of plugs conforming substantially to said standard and adapted for insertion into a first of said back-to-back receptacle sockets, said each plug comprising a connector keying part configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries, said connector keying part for each plug in said set of connector plugs being different;
a first connector plug terminating the first optic fibre and a second connector plug terminating the second optic fibre, each of said first plug and said second plug selected from said set of connector plugs and conforming substantially to said standard, said plug comprising a connector keying part configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries; and
wherein one and only one of said predefined connector keying geometries corresponds to one and only one of said predefined receptacle keying geometries; and
wherein when said receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of said first socket corresponds to a connector keying geometry of a connector keying part of said first plug and said receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of said second receptacle socket corresponds to a connector keying geometry of a connector keying part of said second plug, said first plug can be inserted in said first socket and said second plug can be inserted in said second socket bringing the first optic fibre into axial alignment with the second optic fibre.
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Abstract
A back-to-back receptacle and system for providing selective interconnection between a pair of optic fibres. The system comprises a receptacle comprising a pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets, with at least a first of the sockets configured to one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries, a first connector plug terminating the first optic fibre, the plug adapted for insertion into the first receptacle socket, the plug configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries and a second connector plug terminating the second optic fibre, the plug adapted for insertion into a second of the back-to-back receptacle sockets. At least one of the predefined connector keying geometries matches at least one of the predefined receptacle keying geometries. When the receptacle keying geometry of the first receptacle socket corresponds to the connector keying geometry of the first plug and optionally the receptacle geometry of the second of the back-to-back receptacle sockets corresponds to the connector keying geometry of the second plug, the first plug can be inserted in the first socket and the second plug can be inserted in the second socket bringing the first optic fibre into axial alignment with the second optic fibre.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for providing selective interconnection between a first optic fibre and a second optic fibre, the system comprising:
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a set of receptacles, each receptacle comprising a pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets, each of said sockets conforming substantially to a standard and each socket in said pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets comprising a receptacle keying part configured to a same one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries, said receptacle keying part for each receptacle in said set of receptacles being different; a set of connector plugs, each plug in said set of plugs conforming substantially to said standard and adapted for insertion into a first of said back-to-back receptacle sockets, said each plug comprising a connector keying part configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries, said connector keying part for each plug in said set of connector plugs being different; a first connector plug terminating the first optic fibre and a second connector plug terminating the second optic fibre, each of said first plug and said second plug selected from said set of connector plugs and conforming substantially to said standard, said plug comprising a connector keying part configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries; and wherein one and only one of said predefined connector keying geometries corresponds to one and only one of said predefined receptacle keying geometries; and wherein when said receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of said first socket corresponds to a connector keying geometry of a connector keying part of said first plug and said receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of said second receptacle socket corresponds to a connector keying geometry of a connector keying part of said second plug, said first plug can be inserted in said first socket and said second plug can be inserted in said second socket bringing the first optic fibre into axial alignment with the second optic fibre. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A set of receptacles for providing selective interconnection between first and second fibre optic cables, each cable comprising a connector plug conforming substantially to a standard and comprising a connector keying part having a same one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries, said set of receptacles comprising:
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a plurality of receptacles, each of said receptacles comprising a pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets, each of said sockets in each of said pair conforming substantially to the standard and wherein for each of said plurality of receptacles both of said pair of sockets comprises a receptacle keying part having a shape corresponding to a unique one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries; wherein each of the connector keying geometries corresponds to one of said predefined receptacle keying geometries; and wherein when a receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of a first of said back-to-back receptacle sockets corresponds to a connector keying geometry of the connector keying part of the connector plug of the first cable and when a receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part of a second of said back-to-back receptacle socket corresponds to a connector keying geometry of the connector keying part of the connector plug of the second cable, the connector plug of the first cable can be inserted in said first socket and the connector plug of the second cable can be inserted in said second socket, thereby interconnecting the first and second cables. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing interconnection between a first optic fibre and a second optic fibre, the system comprising:
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a set of receptacles, each receptacle in said set comprising a pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets, each of said sockets conforming substantially to a standard and wherein for each of said plurality of receptacles, a first of said sockets in said pair of back-to-back receptacle sockets comprises a receptacle keying part configured to a unique one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries; and a first connector plug terminating the first optic fibre, said plug adapted for insertion into said first socket, said plug comprising a connector keying part configured to one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries; and a second connector plug terminating the second optic fibre, said plug inserted into a second of said back-to-back receptacle sockets; and wherein at least one of said predefined connector keying geometries matches at least one of said predefined receptacle keying geometries; and wherein when a receptacle keying geometry of said keying part of said first receptacle socket corresponds to said connector keying geometry of said keying part of said first plug, said first plug can be inserted in said first socket bringing said first optic fibre into axial alignment with said second optic fibre. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A set of receptacles for providing interconnection between first and second fibre optic cables, the first cable comprising a connector plug conforming substantially to a standard and comprising a connector keying part having one of a plurality of predefined connector keying geometries, the set of receptacles comprising:
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a plurality of receptacles, each of said receptacles comprising first and second back-to-back receptacle sockets, each of said sockets conforming substantially to the standard, wherein for each of said plurality of receptacles said first socket comprises a receptacle keying part having a shape corresponding to a unique one of a plurality of predefined receptacle keying geometries; wherein each of the connector keying geometries corresponds to one of said predefined receptacle keying geometries; and wherein a connector plug of the second cable conforms substantially to the standard and can be inserted into said second receptacle socket; and wherein when said receptacle keying geometry of said receptacle keying part corresponds to the connector keying geometry of the connector keying part of the connector plug of the first cable, the connector plug of the first cable can be inserted in said first socket, thereby interconnecting the first and second cables. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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