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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Emmanuel Atta, Rochester, MN (US);
Darcy Berger, Rochester, MN (US);
John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew S. Doyle, Rochester, MN (US);
Jesse M. Hefner, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W. Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
Emmanuel Atta, Rochester, MN (US);
Darcy Berger, Rochester, MN (US);
John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);
Matthew S. Doyle, Rochester, MN (US);
Jesse M. Hefner, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas W. Liang, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for connecting a plurality of assemblage-mounted optical transmitters to a plurality of assemblage-mounted optical receivers mounted on a selected side of an assemblage includes a planar frame configured to be coupled to the selected side of the assemblage. A plurality of first redirecting structures is affixed to the planar frame and each is configured to receive a first optical signal from a different assemblage-mounted optical transmitter. Each first redirecting structure transmits a second optical signal, corresponding to the first optical signal, along a preselected path. A plurality of second redirecting structures is affixed to the planar frame and each is configured to receive the second optical signal from a different one of the first redirecting structures. Each of the second redirecting structures transmits a third optical signal, corresponding to the second optical signal, to a different one of the assemblage-mounted optical receivers.