US 12,189,201 B2
Optical cable termination unit
Takayuki Shimazu, Osaka (JP); and Shinji Yamane, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,965.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108780 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003958 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4403 (2013.01) [G02B 6/443 (2013.01); G02B 6/4454 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical cable termination unit comprising:
a case;
a first adapter panel disposed in the case and including
a plurality of first adapters each configured so that a corresponding one of a plurality of optical connectors is connectable thereto and disconnectable therefrom, and
a first surface, the plurality of first adapters being arranged two-dimensionally in the first surface; and
a second adapter panel disposed in the case and including
a plurality of second adapters each configured so that a corresponding one of the plurality of optical connectors is connectable thereto and disconnectable therefrom, and
a second surface, the plurality of second adapters being arranged two-dimensionally in the second surface,
wherein the first surface and the second surface are separated from each other,
wherein the first adapter panel is configured to be movable relative to the second adapter panel so that the first surface and the second surface are capable of becoming parallel to each other,
wherein the first adapter panel and the second adapter panel extend along a first direction and are parallel to each other, and
wherein the first adapter panel and the second adapter panel are arranged side by side along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.