System and method for providing large scale, automated,...

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2008-06-30

2010-06-29

Cushwa, Michelle R Connelly (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Accessories

Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers

C385S095000, C385S099000, C385S134000, C385S136000, C385S139000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07747124

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for automatically inserting optical-fiber (fiber-optics) cable jumpers into a patch panel to connect optical signal source equipment to optical signal destination equipment, and for automatically removing those jumpers from that patch panel to disconnect that equipment. This is accomplished robotically under computer control. Large scale fiber-optical splicings can be made, on the order often thousand (10,000) separate optical splices or more. Previous embodiments required hand insertion of these jumpers. Embodiments of the present invention permit any un-occupied port to be connected to any other un-occupied port, regardless of their input or output port status, where previous embodiments required only unoccupied input ports to be connected to unoccupied output ports.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6973251 (2005-12-01), Morellec et al.

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