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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. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
George D. Megason, Spring, TX (US);
Chong Sin Tan, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3817 (2013.01); G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes a first connector that has an attachment feature. A second connector is removably attachable to the attachment feature of the first connector without establishing communication with the first connector. One of the first and second connectors is an optical connector, and another of the first and second connectors is an electrical connector.