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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2023
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Richard J. Pimpinella, Prairieville, LA (US);
Jose M. Castro, Naperville, IL (US);
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An optical interconnection assembly for a Spine-and-Leaf network is disclosed. The optical interconnection assembly has Spine multi-fiber optical connectors and Leaf multi-fiber optical connectors. The Spine optical connectors of the interconnection assembly are optically connected to multi-fiber connectors of Spine switches via Spine patch cords. The leaf multi-fiber connectors are optically connected to Leaf multi-fiber connectors of Leaf switches via Leaf patch cords. An array of simplex fiber optic cables in said interconnection assembly serve to optically connect every Spine multi-fiber connector to every Leaf multi-fiber connector so that every Spine switch is optically connected to every Leaf switch. The optical interconnection assembly facilitates network Spine-and-Leaf interconnections and the ability to scale-out the network by installing additional assemblies, Leaf switches, and Spine switches.