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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Berridge, Highland, IN (US);
Robert A. Reid, Battle Ground, IN (US);
Assignee:
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/43 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/43 (2013.01); G02B 6/4453 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cassette module has three 16 fiber MPOs and four 12 fiber MPOs wherein each 16 fiber MPO has 4 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area and each 12 fiber MPO has 3 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area. Fibers are routed from certain areas of the 16 fiber MPOs to those of the 12 fiber MPOs in order to convert a base 12 communication system to a base 16 communication system.