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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:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
George D Magason, Spring, TX (US);
Kevin B Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
David W Sherrod, Tomball, TX (US);
Inventors:
George D Magason, Spring, TX (US);
Kevin B Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
David W Sherrod, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/43 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3628 (2013.01); G02B 6/4261 (2013.01); G02B 6/4292 (2013.01); G02B 6/43 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A plurality of connector modules are mounted to a support frame. The connector modules have respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, where the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules.