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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Xenoptics Ip Holdings Pty Ltd., Clayton South, Victoria, AU;
Joseph Arol, Kiryat-Ono, IL;
Zohar Avrahami, Petach Tikva, IL;
Solomon Sokolovsky, Glen Iris, AU;
Sopit Nondjuy, Chiangmai, TH;
Patcharin Jaikaew, Chiangmai, TH;
Xenoptics IP Holdings Pty Ltd., Clayton South, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
Apparatus for establishing and managing optical connections between optical fibers, the apparatus comprising: a first array that includes a plurality of slack management units (), each having a holding socket () for holding an optical end connector () of an optical fiber (); a second array comprising a plurality of coupling sockets (), configured to hold optical end of an optical fiber; and a grabber () configured to grab an optical end connector () from any slack management unit () in the first array, and plug the optical end connector () into any coupling socket () in the second array to establish an optical connection between the optical fiber () connected to the optical end connector () and an optical end of an optical fiber () held in the coupling socket ().