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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Corning Cable Systems Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Monique Lise Cote, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Sean Christopher Kelly, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael Heath Rasmussen, Keller, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An adapter housing for receiving a plurality of multi-fiber connectors includes a rectangular, box-like housing structure having opposing side walls and a back wall that to adapted to mount in a 2-U space in an equipment rack, wherein the housing structure has a width of no greater than about 17.75 inches and a height of no greater than about 3.50 inches. A bank of adapters is provided for receiving multi-fiber connectors. The bank of adapters includes individual connector-adapter-connector locations that together receive at least 200 multi-fiber connector pairs within the housing structure.