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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark McKay Filer, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric Clarence Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jeffrey Lloyd Cox, Fall City, WA (US);
William David Bragg, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein are directed to a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic adapter housing. The cable comprises a connector body that houses a plurality of fiber portions. The connector body has a face comprising a plurality of rows of apertures for exposing respective ends of the fiber portions. Each aperture of a particular row are diagonally offset from nearest aperture(s) of an adjacent row. The housing comprises first slots having a first orientation and opposing second slots having a second orientation. The first slots are configured for the insertion of cables having the first orientation, and the second slots are configured for the insertion of cables having the second orientation. Such a configuration enables a shuffle function, where a device coupled to a cable inserted into a first slot is communicatively coupled to other devices each connected to a respective cable inserted into a respective second slot.