US 12,066,672 B2
Fiber optic network systems
Kazuyoshi Takano, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Iizumi, Tokyo (JP); Siu Kei Ma, Kowloon (HK); Takuya Ninomiya, Natick, MA (US); Tyler Royer, York, PA (US); and Heng Loong Lee, Puchong (MY)
Assigned to Senko Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US)
Filed by SENKO Advanced Components, Inc., Hudson, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,317, filed on Nov. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,467, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,555, filed on Oct. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,581, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099201 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4292 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/38875 (2021.05); G02B 6/403 (2013.01); G02B 6/406 (2013.01); G02B 6/4246 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic network system comprising:
first fiber optic network equipment including a multifiber cable and a VSFF uniboot connector terminating the multifiber cable;
a plurality of transceivers; and
a VSFF adapter having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion defining a first receptacle mated with the VSFF uniboot connector and the second end portion defining a plurality of second receptacles; and
fiber breakout cabling comprising a plurality of fiber optic cables and VSFF connectors terminating the plurality of fiber optic cables, said VSFF connectors of the fiber breakout cabling including a plurality of first VSFF connectors plugged into the plurality of second receptacles and a plurality of second VSFF connectors plugged into the plurality of transceivers, whereby the fiber breakout cabling connects the first fiber optic network equipment to the plurality of transceivers without any prefabricated shuffle component or mid span breakout component along any of the plurality of fiber optic cables.