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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Mark R. Dagley, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Arden E. Stokes, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A corner wall-mount fiber optic connector housing includes an enclosure having a back plate for mounting in a corner between two walls. The enclosure is provided with at least one provider port for entry of a fiber optic provider cable having a plurality of optical fibers and at least two customer ports for entry of a fiber optic customer cable having a plurality of optical fibers. At least two fiber optic connector panel mounts located within the enclosure have an aperture for receiving a plurality of connectors to optically interconnect the fibers of the provider cable with the fibers of the customer cable. The back plate is formed in two planes at an angle to each other for mounting in the corner, and one of the customer ports and one of the connector panel mounts is positioned adjacent a respective one of the two planes of the back plate.