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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard JA Strike, London, GB;
Justin A Drummond-Murray, Chorleywood, GB;
Christopher Byham, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Malcolm G Brown, Hemel Hempstead, GB;
Lee C Harrison, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A socket connector has a single socket including fiber optic terminals,and wire terminals,and is adapted to receive alternatively in respectively inverted positions either a first plug connector for cooperation with the fiber optic terminals or a second plug connector for cooperation with the wire terminals, in each case without engagement with the terminals with which the plug should not cooperate. The connector includes respective latching slots,and,in opposite walls,and,for the respective plug connectors.