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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:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Applicant:
Eli Benoliel, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;
Inventor:
Eli Benoliel, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A backplane and card assembly comprises: a backplane having optical and electrical connectors; a plurality of cards each comprising an optical receiver and electrical connectors, for fitting into the backplane to obtain operational optical and electrical connections via the backplane; and an automatic maintenance unit comprising a gripping arm configured to remove and replace cards from the backplane. Having both the optical and electrical connectors together on the backplane allows a relatively simple movement of the gripping arm to remove and replace the card.