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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jack P Blomgren, Red Wing, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 55 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber distribution module has a panel formed with a plurality of parallel lands having undercuts for releasably attaching a plurality of optical fiber connectors, each of which forms a bridge across the panel. The lands have sufficient length to permit two of the connectors to be attached to the same lands with a jacketed optical fiber from each of said connectors passing beneath the bridge defined by the other connector. When a large number of the connectors are attached to the panel, the passage of some optical fibers beneath such bridges helps to organize, route, and identify the interconnected optical fibers.