McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Optical cable connecting closure and optical interconnection system
[Problem] To provide an optical cable connecting closure and optical interconnection system which can easily respond to changes in required connection functions if any.[Solving Means] An optical cable connecting closure 118 has a case 121, while a plurality of connecting modules 123 are arranged (stored) so as to be erected with respect to the bottom face of a closure main body 119 along the width direction in a module storing section 122 of the case 121. The connecting module 123 has a rectangular parallelepiped board-like module main body 127, while a plurality of MT connectors 128, 129 are attached in a vertical row to one end face of the module main body 127. In the module main body 127, an optical connecting section 130 for connecting the MT connectors 128, 129 to each other is arranged. The module storing section 122 can store a different kind of connecting module having a connecting configuration (function) different from that of the connecting module 123. 
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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G02B
inventional
Tetsuya Akira Akio Shinya Kenichiro Tsuyoshi
Oosugi Murozono Kishi Watanabe Ohtsuka Imaizumi