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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rick C Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Gerald F Sauter, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385134 ;
Abstract
A backplane assembly for a cluster of modules with the backplane assembly comprised of an electrical backplane and an optical backplane which has optical connectors that extend through openings in the electrical backplane to thereby share a connector shell with the electrical backplane with the clearance between the optical connectors and the electrical backplane sufficiently great so as to permit the optical backplane to be attached or detached from the cluster of modules without having to disconnect the electrical backplane.