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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Richard F. Roth, Brookline, NH (US);
Sepehr Kiani, Watertown, MA (US);
Joe J. George, Amherst, NH (US);
William E. Howard, Richmond, VT (US);
Teradyne, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A module houses a set of fiber optic interfaces. The module includes a fiber optic interface holder, which is configured to hold the set of fiber optic interfaces, and a shroud coupled to the fiber optic interface holder. The shroud is configured to move relative to the fiber optic interface holder along an axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder such that, when the fiber optic interface holder holds the set of fiber optic interfaces, the shroud (i) protects the set of fiber optic interfaces when the shroud is in a first location along the axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder, and (ii) exposes the set of fiber optic interfaces when the shroud is in a second location along the axis defined by the fiber optic interface holder.