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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Thomas E. Bludau, Austin, TX (US);
James D. Erhardt, Irving, TX (US);
David Scarponi, Parkton, MD (US);
George W. Lutgens, Denver, PA (US);
Thomas E. Bludau, Austin, TX (US);
James D. Erhardt, Irving, TX (US);
David Scarponi, Parkton, MD (US);
George W. Lutgens, Denver, PA (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications enclosure includes a housing for retaining telecommunication lines therein, the housing including at least one of a splice closure and a terminal closure. At least one of the terminal closure and the splice closure includes a loopback testing station having at least one coupling mounted therein. The coupling is adapted to receive a first terminated end of a first telecommunication line and adapted to receive a second terminated end of a second telecommunication line. The testing station permits loss testing of installed distribution lines at a terminal from a central network facility.