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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. 17, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hisashi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A unit for handling the remainder of optical cables includes a cable supporting section and a connector for interface arranged at a central section of the cable supporting section. The cable supporting section includes a first area for holding previously the remainder of an optical cable during in-plant fabrication of the unit and a second area for holding the remainder of the other optical cable connecting through the connector to an end of the one optical cable held on the first area during field installation of optical cables. The connector is arranged at a boundary between the first and second areas.