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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Michael R. T. Tan, Meno Park, CA (US);
Paul K. Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sagi V. Mathai, Berkeley, CA (US);
Moray Mclaren, Bristol, GB;
Shih-yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R. T. Tan, Meno Park, CA (US);
Paul K. Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sagi V. Mathai, Berkeley, CA (US);
Moray McLaren, Bristol, GB;
Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system employs a flexible optical media, two connectors, and a mechanism such as a magnet that brings the connector together when the connectors are close to each other. The optical media is able to guide optical signals, and one connector is attached to an end of the optical media. Each connector also has alignment features and provides paths for the optical signals. The alignment features of each connector are shaped to mate with the alignment features of the other connector and to shift the connectors relative to each other as the mechanism pushes the connector together. The alignment features further have seated positions at which the paths in one connector are aligned with the paths in the other connector and separated by a free space gap.