Patent ID: 11934015
Assignee: SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A multiport device for connecting electrical and/or optical connectors, the multiport device comprising:
a first port housing including a plurality of first ports, each first port being configured to receive and couple to one of the connectors; and
a second port housing including a plurality of second ports, each second port being configured to receive and couple to one of the connectors;
wherein the first and second port housings are releasably coupled together, wherein when the first and second port housings are coupled together, the first and second ports are aligned with each other such that a communication connection is formed between first and second connectors when the first connector is coupled to one of the first ports and the second connector is coupled to one of the second ports corresponding to said one of the first ports,
wherein the first and second port housings each have an outer end portion and an inner end portion spaced apart from the outer end portion,
wherein the inner end portions of the first and second port housings engage each other when the first and second port housings are coupled together,
wherein each first port has an outer opening at the outer end portion of the first port housing and a connector socket extending toward the inner end portion of the first port housing from the outer opening, and each second port has an outer opening at the outer end portion of the second port housing and a connector socket extending toward the inner end portion of the second port housing from the outer opening of said second port.